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DOI: 10.5284/1000126
title: Watermead Country Park, Leicestershire

description: Watermead Country Park is a two mile long area of wetland located on the Holocene floodplain of the River Soar, a few miles north of Leicester city centre. The underlying geology of sands and gravel occasioned aggregate quarrying to expose a late Neolithic burnt mound on the banks of a Soar palaeochannel and a peat deposit containing both butchered animal bones and human remains. Timber pile posts from a later (Saxon) foot-bridge or jetty were recorded in the same location.
DOI: 10.5284/1000129
title: Till - Tweed Catchment Aggregates and Archaeology project

description: The Till-Tweed river catchment areas in Northumberland contain outstanding archaeological and palaeoenvironmental remains which have been in general only poorly understood. This study has assembled detailed data that will provide a platform for future landscape-based research and site-based investigation. Written from a landscape, or geoarchaeological perspective, this study develops a methodology and management tool that will allow planners, curators and developers working in the region to to easily access information across sectors, and provide a transparent and easily comprehended record of sensitive archaeological and palaeoenvironmental sites
DOI: 10.5284/1000131
title: Archaeological Cropmark Landscapes of the Magnesian Limestone

description: Archaeologists have, for the last 30 years, been recording the rural archaeology of the Magnesian Limestone belt and adjacent areas in South, West and North Yorkshire. This has occurred in a rather piecemeal way. Initially this was carried out through the air reconnaissance of cropmarks, but more lately through a combination of air photo interpretation and mapping, geophysical survey and excavation, mainly as a consequence of extensive aggregates extraction. Recent archaeological work has begun to reveal patterns and ask questions of the evidence, but these can never be answered on a site-by-site basis and require a more global synthesis to which this project aimed to contribute.
DOI: 10.5284/1000152
title: East Sussex: assessment of archaeological resource in aggregate areas

description: The East Sussex aggregate resource project was funded by English Heritage from the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF). The survey area comprises the historic county of East Sussex and focuses on five key areas of aggregate resource.
DOI: 10.5284/1000159
title: The Marsh of time: the saving of Sutton Common

description: This project describes the results of the large-scale excavations undertaken here between 1998 and 2003, which have provided unparalleled insights into the function and meaning of this 4th-century BC "marsh-fort". Sutton Common is described as a place where the social identity of the local community was reinforced through the construction of the physical representation of the idea of community, using a bank-and-ditch arrangement that resembles the defences used elsewhere, particularly at hillforts. No houses were found within the enclosure, but some 150 four-post structures were excavated, many containing deposits of charred grain in one or two of their postholes. This well-dated site makes significant contributions to the debates on prehistoric enclosure, cosmology, food storage, and mortuary practices in prehistoric Britain and Europe.
DOI: 10.5284/1000130
title: Developing Magnetometer Techniques to Identify Submerged Archaeological Sites

description: In March 2009 English Heritage commissioned Historic Environment Projects, Cornwall Council to carry out an initial theoretical study to result in an Updated Project Design (UPD) to inform field trials of different types of marine magnetometer in controlled conditions. The project was funded through the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF). The main part of the theoretical study was carried out by a team of external maritime and/or geophysics specialists.
DOI: 10.5284/1000151
title: A GIS aided study of agriculture and landscape in Midland England

description: A study of the Midland landscape from prehistoric times to the nineteenth century, using digital mapping and GIS to investigate the relationship between agricultural technology, field systems, environment and social structure. Using a wide range of sources, both archaeological and documentary, the project addresses two key areas: the origins and development of the medieval landscape of nucleated villages and extensive open fields; and the dissolution of that landscape through enclosure and land use change. The project aims to provide a 'long term history' of agrarian systems, over a period of a thousand years or more. It is possible that broad principles or relationships detected in one period may help us to understand the characteristic features of another. The project is also concerned with the ideological and the social: with the ways in which landscapes were ordered and manipulated by elites for recreation, and to demonstrate and maintain power and status. The various data-sets will allow investigation of such matters. It also enables the examination of the extent to which the development of settlement patterns, road networks etc. were a consequence of such factors, rather than being solely the result of economic and agrarian, influences. The methodology for this project was developed by Glenn Foard, Tracey Partida and David Hall for South Northants Council (SNC) and Northamptonshire County Council (NCC) for the mapping of the historic landscape of South Northamptonshire; subsequently refined and the analytical method developed for Rockingham Forest Trust (RFT) for mapping the Rockingham Forest. This methodology was subsequently applied to this AHRC funded project based at UEA. The Rockingham Project formed the pilot for this current project with limited enhancements to the original methodology and some new data sets added.
DOI: 10.5284/1000154
title: Medieval Pottery Research Group Bibliography

description: The MPRG Bibliography is an on-line national bibliography of published reports, books and articles on post-Roman ceramics. The on-line, searchable version of this bibliography as released by the ADS in 2010 contains nearly 13000 entries covering the whole of the British Isles, including the Republic of Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Searches into the bibliography can be carried out on a number of fields including author, title, publication date, site type, period, county and ceramic category.
DOI: 10.5284/1000161
title: The Excavation of the Southern Defences of the Caerleon Legionary Fortress 1982

description: This project puts into the public domain the results of the excavations on the southern defences at the Caerleon legionary fortress in 1982. The area is in Guardianship and the excavations were conducted as a result of consolidation work on the walls being carried out by the Cadw's predecessor government agency. Although restricted in scale, the excavations produced some of the best evidence for the construction sequence at Caerleon, starting with a turf-revetted earth rampart. The rampart wall and stone turrets had been added by the end of the first century AD. Problems of stability lead to two stretches of the wall being rebuilt at an unknown date but probably not before the end of the second century. There was some evidence for alterations to the rampart in the later second to third century. Some evidence for activities taking place on the rampart inside the fortress were also recovered. The ground floor room of an interval turret had been used as a rubbish dump and produced an important group of artefacts probably derived from the adjacent barracks. This material could be dated to the first two thirds of the second century AD. No evidence for any activity in the site during the later third or fourth century was recovered. The walls of the interval tower were probably not robbed out until the eighteenth century. The final activity on the site was the construction of a non-standard Second World War fortification in 1940. The dataset consists of the full excavation report and the photographic archive.
DOI: 10.5284/1000169
title: Selby Community Project - geophysical survey archive

description: The project presents the results of both geophysical and building surveys conducted in advance of proposed development at Selby War Memorial Hospital. The works were commissioned by Faber Maunsell on behalf of Selby District Council and conducted by Archaeological Services Durham University.
DOI: 10.5284/1000197
title: The Eagle in the Landscape: The Archaeology of the Cotswold Water Park

description: The project is a study of the Iron Age and Roman landscape of the Cotswold Water Park region in the Upper Thames Valley, incorporating a number of key previously unpublished archaeological sites. The project was funded by the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund as distributed by English Heritage. This Digital Volume deposited with the ADS contains detailed archive reports on the stratigraphy, finds and environmental evidence for the four key Cotswold Water Park sites and the survey sites. Digital Section 1 is an introduction to the Project. Digital sections 2 to 4 contain archive reports for Claydon Pike, along with full context and finds tables for this site. The remaining sections (5 to 8) contain the archive reports and supporting material for the other Cotswold Water Park sites. All of the data within this digital volume are intended to support the interpretations and discussions outlined within the print volume. However, both sections are designed to be consulted independently of each other.
DOI: 10.5284/1000186
title: A Corpus of Early Anglo-Saxon Buckets

description: A Corpus of Early Anglo-Saxon Buckets is a database of buckets as grave goods of the pagan period. It results from the researches of Jean Cook who died before she could bring the project to completion and has been compiled by colleagues at the Institute of Archaeology, Oxford. AHDS Archaeology has archived the database and provides a link to the on-line version hosted by the Institute of Archaeology, Oxford.
DOI: 10.5284/1000195
title: Extensive Urban Survey - Cumbria

description: The Cumbria Extensive Urban Survey was carried out by Cumbria County Council between 2000 and 2002. The project, part of a national programme of work coordinated by English Heritage, comprised a three-stage survey of the historical and archaeological aspects of each of twenty-three towns selected in Cumbria. The programme aims to re-evaluate the national archaeological resource and to provide comprehensive, rigorous and consistent base-line information against which research, regeneration and land use planning objectives may be set. The programme has three principal outputs: new data added to the Cumbria Sites & Monuments Record, a comprehensive report containing background information on the historical development and current archaeological knowledge of each town, and a strategy report, which outlines recommended management actions.
DOI: 10.5284/1000200
title: Gwithian, Cornwall: Excavations 1949-1969

description: The Gwithian Archive Project (2005-2007) is a comprehensive assessment of the results of two major unpublished excavations which took place in West Cornwall during the 1950's and 1960's. The project was carried out by Cornwall Historic Environment Service and was funded through the ALSF scheme as disbursed by English Heritage.
DOI: 10.5284/1000201
title: England's Historic Seascapes: Scarborough to Hartlepool

description: The Scarborough to Hartlepool and adjacent marine zones project was undertaken by Cornwall County Council's Historic Environment Service and funded by the Marine Aggregates Levy Sustainability fund as rebursed by English Heritage. The project applies a Historic Seascapes Characterisation (HSC) to the coastal, inter-tidal and marine zones of North Yorkshire and Teeside, from Scarborough to Hartlepool as part of the England's Historic Seascapes project as one of four pilot projects of varying coastal and marine contexts designed to test and develop the methodology recently designed by Wessex Archaeology in Liverpool Bay. The online archive currently consists of the final project reports (including methodology staement).
DOI: 10.5284/1000219
title: Archaeological Collections Areas Database and Map

description: This digital archive contains details of three projects undertaken by the Society of Museum Archaeologists in 2002, 2006 and 2012, and an updated resource for the use of archaeologists working across England. This is the Archaeological Collections Areas Database and Map, first created ten years ago. The interactive Map provides an easy way to access details of organisations that are accepting archaeological archives (related to Local Authority boundaries) and indicates which areas do not currently have a repository available. It is intended that this information will be regularly checked, and that museum curators and archaeological contractors will report any changes to existing facilities or contact details. The Map also indicates whether or not there is an archaeological specialist at each location and it is planned that this information too, will be updated as appropriate. The survey carried out in 2012 investigated a wide range of issues relating to the deposition of archaeological archives in museums, and resulted in a series of recommendations for all archaeologists. The report, Archaeological Archives and Museums 2012, is available to download, alongside the previous survey reports.
DOI: 10.5284/1000220
title: The Upper Tisza Project 1991-2004

description: The Upper Tisza Project is an interdisciplinary Anglo-Hungarian landscape archaeology project, based in the University of Durham/Dept. of Archaeology and E??tv??s Lor??nd University/Institute of Archaeological Science, Budapest. The project focuses on three principle aims: (i) the definition and explanation of changes in the palaeo-environment, together with changes in regional economic potential, over the last 10,000 years; (ii) the definition of long-term changes in arenas of social power which are related to the exploitation of local and regional potential; (iii) the clarification of upland-lowland relationships though definition of the mechanisms of exploitation of upland resources. This resource presents the results of the project in E-Book format and, at present, Book One of the Upper Tisza Project, out of a projected Eight, is available. It contains the introduction to the project, the information pertaining to fieldwalking methods and the results and interpretations of one of the three fieldwalking blocks.
DOI: 10.5284/1000162
title: Suffolk: assessment of archaeological resource in aggregate areas

description: The Suffolk aggregates project was undertaken by Suffolk County Council Archaeology Service and funded by English Heritage from the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF).
DOI: 10.5284/1000214
title: National Museums Liverpool Excavation Archives

description: The National Museums Liverpool holds archives for a number of excavations carried out in and around Merseyside. Digital elements of these archives are being archived at AHDS Archaeology from where they may be downloaded.
DOI: 10.5284/1000224
title: The idea of residence in the Neolithic Cotswolds: PhD thesis, University of Sheffield (2002)

description: A Ph.D theseis submitted to the University of Sheffield which is an investigation of the idea of residence in the British Neolithic carried out at a regional level. Using lithic assemblages in combination with other sources of monumental and topographical information the choices made in different periods within the individual monumental and topographical areas is analysed. An attempt is made to draw out the contrasts and continuities in residential practices in the region as a whole during different periods.
DOI: 10.5284/1000225
title: Environmental Archaeology Bibliography (EAB)

description: The Environmental Archaeology Bibliography is a bibliography of published environmental archaeology (biological, pedological and geological work on material from archaeological excavations) reports from the British Isles.
DOI: 10.5284/1000227
title: Extensive Urban Survey - Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

description: The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Extensive Urban Survey was funded by English Heritage as part of their national programme of Extensive Urban Surveys. The survey covers 30 historic small towns and provides a review of their historical and archaeological significance. For each town there are downloadable Archaeological Assessments and a Strategy Report. The Archaeological Assessment report summarises the history and known archaeological data of the town, presents an analysis of the plan of the settlement and identifies areas of significant modern development, leading to the identification of areas of archaeological importance. The Strategy report aims to provide guidance about the management of the archaeological resource in each town. This may be adopted as Supplementary Planning Guidance by District and Borough Councils.
DOI: 10.5284/1000228
title: Imagining Calabria - A GIS approach to Neolithic landscapes: PhD thesis, University of Southampton (2003)

description: A Ph.D thesis submitted to the University of Southampton in which synchronic and diachronic GIS approaches are used to reinterpret Neolithic land use in southern Calabria, Italy. Paying close attention to the environmental and biological requirements within economic strategies shows that Neolithic land use to be much less agriculturally determined than traditionally assumed.
DOI: 10.5284/1000229
title: The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia

description: The Romanesque fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia provides 29 illustrations of baptismal fonts taken from C.S. Drake's book, 'The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia' in order to give a taste of the wide variety of fonts which survive from the Middle Ages in all parts of The British Isles, Belgium, France, Germany, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
DOI: 10.5284/1000173
title: Norwich, Castle Mall

description: Funded by English Heritage and the developer (Estates and General/Friends Provident), extensive excavations in central Norwich have permitted detailed analysis of the great Norman and medieval institution of Norwich Castle and part of the Anglo-Saxon town that preceded it. The results appear in four volumes of the East Anglian Archaeology series.
DOI: 10.5284/1000193
title: Extensive Urban Survey - Hertfordshire

description: The Hertfordshire Extensive Urban Survey project began in 1997, as part of the national EUS programme instigated and funded by English Heritage. It was carried out by Hertfordshire County Council's Archaeology Section (now the Historic Environment Unit). All the places surveyed were either urban districts by 1900, or had urban characteristics in the past. The total number of these urban places is 25. They range from the Roman roadside settlement of Cow Roast, which has no medieval or later successor, through a failed Saxon borough at Ashwell, to the market town of Hemel Hempstead founded by Henry VIII. St Albans is not included, as it was the subject of a more intensive Urban Archaeological Assessment under a different English Heritage programme.
DOI: 10.5284/1000203
title: Excavations at Eynsham Abbey 1989-92

description: Between 1989 and 1992 the Oxford Archaeological Unit undertook a full excavation of part of the precinct of the medieval abbey. The excavations revealed part of the cloister and south ranges, kitchens and domestic buildings and also evidence for earlier activity including the 11th century Anglo-Saxon abbey and earlier Minster, and a Bronze Age enclosure. The resulting digital archive is being preserved and made accessible through the Archaeology Data Service as part of the Digital Archiving Pilot Project: Excavation Records (DAPPER) funded by English Heritage.
DOI: 10.5284/1000205
title: The Bioarchaeology of the Culverwell Shell Midden

description: The Bioarchaeology of the Culverwell Shell Midden is a dataset resulting from the analysis of the biological remains recovered from excavations at Culverwell, a Mesolithic habitation site on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. The archive consists of a report and a set of associated data tables. Topics covered include site stratigraphy, molluscs, bone and dental fragments, marine invertebrate species, and radiocarbon results.
DOI: 10.5284/1000230
title: Channel Tunnel Rail Link Section 1

description: The Phase 1 archive of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL), representing the route of the link from Fawkham Junction (Gravesham) to Folkestone, is a major new research archive for the archaeology of Kent. The construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link has provided a unique opportunity to investigate thousands of years of change and development across the landscape and the archaeological programme of works associated with CTRL is probably the largest ever undertaken in the UK. The Link is the first new railway to be built in Britain for over a century and runs for 109km (68 miles) between St Pancras station in London and the Channel Tunnel. The Phase 1 archive represents the first 74 km of this route and was finished in September 2003. The CTRL Phase 1 archive is organised at a site level allowing access to data from 122 interventions and is accompanied by extensive introductory text both at an overall project level as well as the individual site level. The archive itself contains site reports, site datasets and images for 122 excavations, evaluations and geophysical and standing building surveys provided in a number of file formats (RTF, PDF, CSV and SVG). The data can be accessed through any of three search interfaces (a spatial map search, a period search or an advanced search) or alternatively via a full site list. The CTRL archive is also fully integrated into the ADS's ArchSearch catalogue allowing spatial searches to retrieve CTRL site level data alongside archaeological data from a number of other sources such as the National Trust SMR and the National Monuments Record.
DOI: 10.5284/1000231
title: Bremetenacum: Excavations at Roman Ribchester 1980, 1989-1990

description: The Bremetenacum Excavations CD-ROM pages at the Archaeology Data Service provide the digital data files - the excavations' finds catalogue - that were originally included on a CD-ROM attached to the the book 'Bremetenacum, Excavations at Roman Ribchester 1980, 1989-1990' by K. Buxton and C. Howard-Davis. A summary of the excavations and the contents of the published volume are also included. Ribchester (Bremetenacum), on the northern edge of the Ribble flood plain, has been known as a major Roman establishment since the time of Leland, and was also noted by Camden and Stukley. It is famous for the discovery of a fine Roman cavalry parade helmet, now in the British Museum, and frequent excavations have taken place during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The excavations which are reported in this volume were undertaken in 1980 and 1989-90, prior to the use of an extensive area to the north of the fort as an extension to the cemetery of St Wilfred's church and the redevelopment of the Ribblesdale Mill site at the northern edge of the town.
DOI: 10.5284/1000244
title: Assemblage

description: Assemblage is an internet journal first and foremost for graduate students, intended to provide writers with experience in the process of publishing academic work, present readers with stimulating material to consider and debate, and forge stronger ties within an increasingly fragmented graduate population. AHDS Archaeology mirrors this journal and currently holds the first seven editions (1996 - 2003).
DOI: 10.5284/1000246
title: Stone in Archaeology: Towards a digital resource