LEADER 05120nam 2200541 450 001 9910797427603321 005 20230807221630.0 010 $a0-19-101951-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000462487 035 $a(EBL)2147274 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2147274 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2147274 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11090392 035 $a(OCoLC)929142320 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000462487 100 $a20150901d2015 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aFields of Britannia $econtinuity and change in the late Roman and early Medieval landscape /$fStephen Rippon, Chris Smart, and Ben Pears 210 1$aOxford :$cOxford Universtiy Press,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (472 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-964582-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; The Fields of Britannia: Continuity and Change in the Late Roman and Early Medieval Landscape; Copyright; Dedication; Preface and Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; Chapter1; Chapter2; Chapter3; Chapter4; Chapter5; Chapter6; Chapter7; Chapter8; Chapter9; Chapter10; Chapter11; Chapter12; List of Tables; List of Appendices; List of Abbreviations; Note on Period and Other Terminology; Presentational Conventions; 1: Fields of Britannia; Britains? Green and Pleasant Land; Perspectives on an Age of Transition; The End of Roman Britain 327 $aA `Late Antique ?Landscape? Native Britons and Anglo-Saxons in Lowland BritainThe Fields of Britannia; 2: A Regional Approach to Studying Landscape; Landscape Character in Roman Britain; Landscape Character in the Early Medieval Period; The Earliest Medieval Period (Fifth to Mid-Seventh Centuries); The `Long Eighth Century ?(Late Seventh to Mid-Ninth Century); The Mid-Ninth to the Mid-Eleventh Centuries; Mapping the Regions and Pays of First-Millenium ad Britain; Regions; Pays; The Fields of Britannia Regions of Late Roman and Early Medieval Britain; South East England; The Central Zone 327 $aEast AngliaThe South West; Western Lowlands; North East Lowlands; Northern Uplands; Lowland Wales; Upland Wales; 3: A Landscape Approach to the Roman-Medieval Transition; Reconstructing Patterns of Land-Use; Palaeoenvironmental Sequences; Palaeoeconomic Data; Methodological Considerations; Animal Husbandry; Cereal Cultivation; Discussion; The Fieldscape of Roman Britain; Buried and Relict Landscapes; Romano-British Field Systems Preserved Within the Historic Landscape of Today; The Fieldscape of Early Medieval Britain; The Earliest Medieval Period (the `Early and Middle Saxon Period)? 327 $aThe Long Eighth Century (`Middle Saxon Period)? and the Origins of Open FieldsThe Fields of Britannia Methodology; A Note on Period Terminology; Continuity and Discontinuity; Changing Paradigms; Continuity and Discontinuity of Different Landscape Components; Modelling Landscape Change; Discussion; 4: The South East; Introduction; Environment and Land-Use; The Brede, Pett, and Rye Levels: The Landward Edge of Romney Marsh; The Weald; The Weald Margin; The South Downs; The Hampshire Basin; The Lower Thames Terraces; The South Essex London Clay; The Essex Boulder Clay Plateau 327 $aDiscussion: Land-Use Across the South East RegionThe Legacy of Late Romano-British Field Systems; The Coaxial Landscape of Southern Essex; The Regularly Arranged Landscapes of Southern Essex: Discussion; The Chalk Downlands; Bagshot Heaths; The Weald and Weald Margin; Summary; 5: East Anglia; Introduction; Environment and Land-Use; The East Anglian Boulder Clay Plateau; Breckland; The Legacy of Late Romano-British Field Systems; The Boulder Clay Plateau; Breckland; Discussion; 6: The Central Zone; Introduction; Environment and Land Use; The Upper Thames Valley 327 $aGreat Ouse Valley and Great Ouse Clay Vale 330 $aIt has long been recognized that the landscape of Britain is one of the 'richest historical records we possess', but just how old is it? The Fields of Britannia is the first book to explore how far the countryside of Roman Britain has survived in use through to the present day, shaping the character of our modern countryside. Commencing with a discussion of the differing views of what happened to the landscape at the end of Roman Britain, the volume thenbrings together the results from hundreds of archaeological excavations and palaeoenvironmental investigations in order to map patterns of lan 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yRoman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yAnglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yMedieval period, 1066-1485 676 $a936.1 700 $aRippon$b Stephen$0471644 702 $aSmart$b Chris 702 $aPears$b Ben 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797427603321 996 $aFields of Britannia$93802690 997 $aUNINA