Stella & Rose's Books

Front cover

Contents

• Chapter 1: the Evolution of the Wittenhams Project
• Introduction
• The Background and Scope of the Project
• Location and Topography of the Site
• Archaeological and Historical Background
• Structure of the Report
• Chapter 2: Castle Hill
• The Geophysical Surveys by Andy Payne
• The Excavations
• Earlier Prehistoric Period
• Late Bronze Age
• Early Iron Age
• Middle Iron Age
• Late Iron Age and Early Roman
• Late Roman
• Medieval
• Post -Medieval
• Chapter 3: Castle Hill Artefacts
• Flint by Kate Cramp and Jugo Lamdin-Whymark
• Prehistoric Pottery based up the report by Emily Edwards
• Late Iron Age and Roman Pottery by Paul Booth
• Post-Roman Pottery by Paul Blinkhorn
• Prehistoric Fired Clay by Cynthia Poole
• Roman and Post-Roman Fired Clay and Ceramic Building Material by Paul Booth
• Metalwork by Ian Scott
• Roman Coins by Paul Booth
• Roman Glass based up on comments by Hilary Cool
• Worked Bone by Leigh Allen
• Worked Stone by Fiona Roe
• Chapter 4: Castle Hill Environmental Evidence
• Human Bone by Peter Hacking, Annsofie Witkin and Ceridwen Boston
• Animal Bone Fay Worley and Jennifer Kitch with Gill Cox and Emma-Jayne Evans, fish bones by Rebecca Nicholson
• Oyster Shell by Leo Webley
• Land Snails by Amy Reynolds
• Charred Plant Remains by Wendy Smith, Mark Robinson and Ben Harrold
• Pollen and Phytoliths by Adrian G Parker
• Radiocarbon Dating by Leo Webley
• Chapter 5: Excavations around Castle Hill
• The Geophysical Surveys
• The Excavations
• The Earlier Prehistoric Period
• Late Bronze Age Activity
• The Early Iron Age
• The Middle Iron Age
• Early or Middle Iron Age Features
• Late Iron Age and Roman
• The Medieval Period
• Chapter 6: Artefacts from Castle Hill Environs
• Prehistoric Pottery by Emily Edwards
• Late Iron Age and Roman Pottery by Paul Booth
• Prehistoric Fired Clay by Cynthia Poole
• Flint by Kate Cramp and Jugo Lamdin-Whymark
• Worked Stone by Fiona Roe
• Worked Bone by Rosemary Grant
• Metalwork by Ian Scott
• Roman Coins by Paul Booth
• Iron Slag and Other Debris by Lynne Keys
• Chapter 7: Environmental Evidence from Castle Hill Environs
• Human Remains by Peter Hacking and Ceridwen Boston
• Animal Bone by Fay Worley wit Jennifer Kitch and Rebecca Nicholson
• Oyster Shell by Adam Partington
• Charred Plant Remains by Wendy Smith, Mark Robinson and Ben Harrold
• Charcoal by Wendy Smith
• Pollen and Phytoliths from Trench 14 by Adrian Parker
• Soil Micromorphology by Marta Perez
• An Integrated Interpretation of the Environmental Evidence
• From the Midden by Adrian Parker
• Paleoenvironmental Evidence from a Peat Flush in Little Wittenham Wood by Adrian Parker
• Radiocarbon Dating by Tim Allen
• Chapter 8: Neptune Wood
• Introduction
• Summary of Results
• Finds and Environmental Reports
• Discussion
• Chapter 9: Discussion of Castle Hill and its Immediate Environs
• The Nature of the Surviving Evidence within the hillfort
• Early Prehistoric Activity
• The Late Bronze Age Enclosure
• The Early to Middle Iron Age Hillfort
• The Late Iron Age and Roman Period: Abandonment and Reoccupation of teh Hilltop
• Post-Roman Occupation and Agriculture
• The Settlement Outside the Hillfort
• Bibliography