The Waithe Valley through Time 1. The Archaeology of the Valley and Excavation and Survey in the Hatcliff Area
- Submitting institution
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The University of Kent
- Unit of assessment
- 29 - Classics
- Output identifier
- 13561
- Type
- A - Authored book
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- Publisher
- PCA Ltd
- ISBN
- 9781999615543
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2020
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
- 15 - Archaeology
- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This monograph reports entirely new multi-period archaeological data (recovered through many episodes of primary fieldwork), collating, contextualizing and interpreting a wide variety of categories of factual information in an integrated synthesis. The fieldwork was directed and principally recorded on site by the author over seven years, with thousands of items recovered. The author was the sole manager of the post-excavation analysis, establishing the chronology, commissioning specialists, and meshing their contributions. The monograph covers 460 pages (350 by the author; 91 tables, 39 maps, 38 graphs, 99 other illustrations) publishing a study of a part of Britain hitherto unexplored archaeologically.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This volume is the second monograph reporting archaeological investigations in the Central Lincolnshire Wolds led by the author (following Willis 2013). Despite their scale (extending for c. 70km by 15km) and archaeological potential the Wolds have been subject to minimal research (the previous University led work occurred over 30 years ago), while contract archaeology is very rare, hence the research-purpose of this project. The principal site reported was identified in the 1979 regional study of Loughlin and Miller to be the joint primary site of potential significance for the Roman period (from surface finds) amongst the 21 parishes of the Cleethorpes District (L&M 1979, 162). Following prospection by the local Archaeological Society (2004) the author initialled the research and training excavations and survey (2007-2016), with the Society as participants. He directed all the on-site works, coordinated the logistics and undertook the main recording duties. The author was the curator and sole manager of the post-excavation analysis and writing-up programme, establishing the chronology, commissioning specialists, working with them and integrating their contributions. All introductory, regional-contextual, stratigraphical and survey elements, discussion and synthesis sections were the work of the author excepting some inputs from J. Daw on post-Roman elements. Chapters on associated sites were the work of the author and to the extent of expertise all finds reports were also the author’s work. The author drew or designed the great majority of the illustrative material. With multi-period finds and given the advanced depth of specialist knowledge in the discipline some categories of data benefit from involving experts in reporting types, for the knowledge they can realize, hence there are contributions on the Roman and post roman pottery and environmental data recovered, plus single items (Anglo-Saxon brooch; lithic tool) from subject experts, with whom the author worked closely through meetings and communication.
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- Non-English
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