Flag Fen Life and Death of a Prehistoric Landscape

by Pryor, Francis

• ISBN13: 9780752429007
• ISBN10: 0752429000
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Tempus

Summary

The fens of eastern England form a very distinct environment which produced particular patterns of prehistoric occupation. This account of the discovery and excavation of the now world-famous Bronze Age site near Peterborough begins with an overall survey of the archaeology of the area and then describes the first farmers of the Neolithic period and the houses and habitations of the early Bronze Age. Flag Fen, with its massive timber platform and an avenue of posts with votive deposits, dates from the later Bronze Age. Dr Pryor's reassessment of the site concludes with a brief look at the iron Age, the coming of the Romans and the modern destruction of this precious landscape. This dramatic account of a unique discovery is enhanced by over 100 illustrations, many in full colour.

Table of Contents

Introduction : Flag Fen in a nutshell	p. 9
The fens	p. 12
Archaeology in the Peterborough area	p. 30
The first farmers (4000-2500 B.C.)	p. 55
The earlier Bronze Age (2500-1500 B.C.)	p. 72
The later Bronze Age (1500-700 B.C.)	p. 99
The Iron Age (700 B.C.-A.D. 43)	p. 160
Planning a visit to Flag Fen	p. 181
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