british and irish archaeological bibliography
'Unique, traditional and charming' the Shapwick Project, Somerset
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1 - 58
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An interim report reviewing work carried out between 1989 and 1996 as part of a ten-year, multidisciplinary landscape investigation focussed upon the evolutiion of Early Medieval and late medieval settlement patterns. The results of archaeological fieldwork, building-recording and documentary study are summarised. It is argued that the site of the present village and medieval field system were planned in the Late Saxon period and replaced a scatter of dispersed farmsteads, many of which show continuity from the prehistoric and Roman periods. The role of the medieval and post-medieval landscape is emphasised in reflecting and reinforcing social structure.
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figs, refs.