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English Landscapes
and Identities
Investigating Landscape Change
from 1500 bc to ad 1086
EngLaId Team
A N W E N C O O P E R , M I R A N DA C R E S W E L L ,
V IC T O R IA D O N N E L LY, T Y L E R F R A N C O N I ,
R O G E R G LY D E , C H R I S G O SD E N , C H R I S G R E E N ,
Z E NA KA M A SH , S A R A H M A L L E T, L AU R A M O R L EY,
DA N I E L S TA N SB I E , A N D L E T T Y T E N HA R K E L
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The English Landscapes and Identities project (known hereafter by its acronym EngLaId)
was a five-year project which ran between 1st August 2011 and 31st July 2016. It was funded
by an ERC Advanced Grant (269797) awarded to Chris Gosden and we are very happy to
acknowledge the support of the European Research Council. The researchers on the project
were Chris Gosden (principal applicant), Anwen Cooper (prehistory), Miranda Creswell
(artist), Tyler Franconi (Roman period), Chris Green (GIS), Letty ten Harkel (early medi
eval), Zena Kamash (Roman period), and Laura Morley (research coordination). The pro-
ject looked at the long-term history of the English landscape from 1500 bc to ad 1086,
combining evidence on landscape features, such as track-ways, fields, and settlements, with
the distribution of metalwork. The project examined a crucial period of English landscape
history from the start of the settled agricultural landscape to the medieval world, which
was directly ancestral to that of modernity. Working from the Bronze Age to the early
medieval period revealed great evidence of change, but also surprising continuity in terms
of land divisions and forms of settlement. We were also interested in how this patterning
relates to the types of artefacts deposited and the places in which they were deposited over
this period. The project was not purely empirical and attempted to develop theory con-
cerning the relations between people and the material world.
The project attempted to synthesise all the major available data sets from English archae-
ology within a digital environment, making this a ‘Big Data’ project, eventually creating a
database of over 900,000 items. Three doctoral students joined the project in October 2012.
Victoria Donnelly examined the ‘grey literature’ from England since 1990 and through this
the practices of archaeology after PPG 16. Sarah Mallet gathered together and analysed the
major sets of isotopic data from humans, animals, and plants across England for the
EngLaId periods. Daniel Stansbie tackled the topic of food and attempted to pull together
evidence from pottery, animal bones, and plant remains for the Thames Valley and Kent for
the EngLaId periods. Each submitted and defended their theses. Roger Glyde was an
important member of the team throughout, carrying out a range of empirical work, as well
as commenting on, and contributing to, the written results. We feel that the project has
been productive, but it has also been really enjoyable, with the team forming a close group
within which people worked and socialized.
More information is given on the background to the project, our sources of data, and
modes of analysis in Chapters 1–3, together with an outline of this volume. Here we simply
provide a broad timetable of the project. As mentioned, the team started work in August
2011, although not everyone was able to join until January 2012 due to prior commitments.
Zena Kamash was offered a lectureship in 2014, left the project, and was replaced by Tyler
Franconi as the Roman specialist. The data-gathering phase of the project lasted until May
2013 and we were able to properly start analysis after that. The last year of the project was
spent writing up.
We are grateful to an enormous number of people and we hope we have not missed too
many out. The earliest phase of the project gathered data. We are very grateful to numerous
people in what was then English Heritage (and now Historic England (EH)) for the provi-
sion of data, including Simon Crutchley, Peter Horne, Lindsay Jones, Martin Newman, and
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Barney Sloane, as well as Nick Davies, Gill Grayson, Sarah Maclean, David McOmish,
Sarah Poppy, and Poppy Starkie. The Portable Antiquity Scheme (PAS) was the main source
of data on artefacts and we would like to thank Roger Bland, Michael Lewis, Sam Moorhead,
Stephen Moon, Mary Chester-Cadwell, and Dan Pett. Catherine Hardman and Stuart
Jeffrey of the Archaeology Data Service (ADS) gave us important advice on the relevant
archives held by the ADS. Tim Evans (ADS) steered us towards the Excavation Index and
provided considerable advice. We also benefitted from advice and information from a
number of Finds Liaison Officers, including Frank Basford (Isle of Wight) and Tom Brindle.
Ehren Milner at the Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP) was an important source
of data and advice.
Our main source of data came from local archaeological officers. We would like to thank
all Historic Environment Record (HER) officers who provided us with data. These include
Christine Addison, Northamptonshire HER; Sarah Botfield, Peterborough HER; Stewart
Bryant, Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers (ALGAO); Giles Carey,
Shropshire HER; Jo Caruth, Suffolk HER; Rebecca Casa-Hatton, Peterborough HER; Sally
Croft, Cambridgeshire HER; Ben Croxford, Kent HER; Phillip de Jersey, States of Guernsey;
Lucie Dingwall, Herefordshire HER; Keith Elliott, Northumberland HER; Heather
Hamilton, Norfolk HER; Mike Hemblade, North Lincolnshire HER; Richard Hoggett,
Suffolk HER; Rebecca Loader, Isle of Wight HER; Fiona Maconald, ALGAO; Colin
Pendleton, Suffolk HER; Guy Salkeld, National Trust; Melissa Seddon, Herefordshire HER;
Graham Tait, ALGAO; Bryn Tapper, Emma Trevarthen, Jacky Nowakowski, and Andrew
Young, Cornwall and Scilly HER; Ben Wallace, ALGAO; Penny Ward, Shropshire HER;
Chris Webster, Somerset HER; Liz Williams, Northumberland HER; and Alison Yardy,
Norfolk HER. Keith Westcott at exeGesIS SDM Ltd helped develop a query which could
extract data from the HBSMR database system used by more than half of HERs.
In the middle stages of the project a great number of people gave us advice and shared
their knowledge of local archaeology or the situation across the country more broadly.
These include Martin Allen, Fitzwilliam Museum; John Baker, Stuart Brookes for medieval
data and discussions; Chris Evans for advice and critique; Graham Fairclough gave us
information on Historic Landscape Characterisation and other matters; Duncan Garrow
linked to the Celtic art database and gave advice on other matters; Ian Leins gave advice on
coinage; Katie Robbins shared her thoughts on modelling PAS data; Iona Robinson for
sharing unpublished material; Sarah Semple for general advice on the medieval period; Sue
Stallibrass for suggestions on how to incorporate environmental data; Fraser Sturt,
Southampton University, provided his modelling of sea levels; Pete Topping for general
thoughts and advice; Clive Waddington for sharing his knowledge of the northeast;
Philippa Walton for advice on Roman finds; and Ole Wiedenmann, History Data Service,
provided information on historic parishes and place names.
In Oxford, Jane Kershaw helped during the initial setting-up phase, John Pouncett and
Gary Lock provided advice on digital and other matters. Janice Kinory provided her data-
base of salt-making sites and Lisa Lodwick advised on plant remains and agricultural
regimes. Steve Hick and Jeremy Worth gave us financial and IT support, respectively. Chris
Gosden would like to thank Elizabeth Allen for organizing so much. We ran two successful
workshops and a conference. We are very grateful to all speakers, chairs, discussants, and
audience participants. We were assisted by volunteers who processed various forms of data
and provided informed discussion. We are grateful to Pat Day, Pam England, Paula Levick,
and Steve Northcott. Roger Glyde started as a volunteer and ended up a core member of
the team.
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Contents
List of Figures xi
List of Tables xxiii
List of Abbreviations xxv
1. Introduction 1
Chris Gosden, Tyler Franconi, and Letty ten Harkel
I . T H E C R E AT IO N O F A R C HA E O L O G IC A L DATA ,
T H E M A K I N G O F O U R DATA BA SE , A N D T H E
F O R M O F O U R A NA LYSE S
I I . T H E E X P L O R AT IO N O F B R OA D E R PAT T E R N S
I I I . U N D E R S TA N D I N G R E G IO NA L A N D
L O C A L VA R IA B I L I T Y
9. Scale 301
Anwen Cooper, Chris Green, and Chris Gosden
10. Time 348
Anwen Cooper, Chris Green, and Laura Morley
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x Contents
Bibliography 416
Index 448
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List of Figures
1.1 Summed percentage probability of PAS records (excluding coins) falling within
century time-slices. 21
1.2 Percentage probability of PAS/EMC records (including coins) by century
time-slice, summed by hexagonal bins. 22
2.1 Example of a map produced using 3-km hexbins, showing presence/absence of
records for Roman villas (blue) over records for the Roman domestic and civil
category (red). 38
2.2 Map of the final case study areas and the 34 10 km × 10 km test squares. 39
2.3 Degrees of overlap between monument records (incl. findspots) in 35 HERs as
against some of our other major databases. Boxplots show minimum, median,
maximum, and quartile ranges for each set of values. Individual HER values
are shown by the circles. 40
2.4 Relative overlaps between HER data and AIP/NRHE data in the 34 10 km × 10 km
test squares. Upper case names indicate those within case study areas investigated
in more detail. The PAS was omitted as not all HERs include it. 40
2.5 Comparison of relative occurrence of monument types in the Northumberland
case study area (unclean data) compared to clean data for the whole case study
area and the 10 km × 10 km square. 41
2.6 Relative occurrence of the different periods per spatial bin (1 km × 1 km square)
in the case study regions and across England (records broadly assigned to prehistoric
were counted as both Bronze Age and Iron Age). This shows the broad distribution
of evidence across England. 43
2.7 Pottery usage for (a) later prehistory; (b) Roman—number of wares; and (c) early
medieval periods. 44
2.8 Comparison of the spatial distribution of the majority of archaeological
investigations for all five archaeological organizations with the highest output of
grey literature report production. Based on GLL, AIP, and EI data with density
surfaces created using the KDE tool in ArcGIS (after Donnelly 2016: Figure 18). 48
2.9 The 51 organisations in England which produced the most grey literature reports
in the period between 1990 and 2010. Based on the GLL, AIP, and EI datasets
(after Donnelly 2016: Figure 15). 49
2.10 Comparison of simplified EI and AIP investigation types for the EngLaId case
study areas (per square km), 1990–2010. 51
2.11 Monument affordance maps for (a) aerial photography; (b) excavation; and
(c) combined model. 52
2.12 PAS affordance: (a) map of combined model; and (b) graph showing the
relationship between findspot counts and affordance values. 53
3.1 Comparison between different regions developed to study English archaeology:
Roberts and Wrathmell, Fields of Britannia, and Roman Rural Settlement Project. 57
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3.2 Kernel Density Estimate (KDE) of the number of EngLaId thesaurus types
represented across England (based on 1 km × 1 km spatial bins). 58
3.3 (a) Fifty-km KDE plots of presence/absence of thesaurus categories by 1 km × 1 km
grid square by period (unspecified prehistoric included in Bronze Age and Iron
Age time-slices at a 50/50 weighting). Data presented as z-scores (red values =
above average; white values = mean average; blue values = below average).
(b) Fifty-km KDE plots of presence/absence of thesaurus categories by 1 km × 1 km
grid square by period (unspecified prehistoric included in Bronze Age and Iron
Age time-slices at a 50/50 weighting). Data presented as z-scores (red values = above
average; white values = mean average; blue values = below average). 59
3.4 The number of investigations per square kilometre in various EngLaId case
study areas compared to the national pattern, using EI investigation types, 1990–2010.
The national distribution is seventh from the right, indicated in capital letters. 61
3.5 The relative importance of EI investigation types by EngLaId case study areas
compared to the national pattern, 1990–2010. The national distribution is sixth
from the right, indicated in capital letters. 61
3.6 The 10 km × 10 km squares used for cleaning and comparing data. 62
3.7 Representation of the different EngLaId periods across the fourteen test squares
within the case study areas (clean data). Test square names printed in capitals are
classed as ‘upland’. 63
3.8 Relative height of the fourteen 10 km × 10 km test squares. A (somewhat artificial)
line was drawn at 300 m OD to separate lowland from upland areas. Upland areas
are generally (but not always) characterized by relatively large numbers of generic
prehistoric and uncertainly dated records. 64
3.9 Representation of the EngLaId database categories across the time periods,
showing the nationwide and seven local distributions similar to the national pattern.
With the exception of Somerset (which is a borderline case) these are mostly lowland
areas (see inset for more archaeological detail on Somerset). 65
3.10 Representation of the EngLaId database categories across time periods, showing
nationwide and seven distributions which differ from the national pattern.
With the exception of Cornwall and the London, these all include upland areas. 67
3.11 Distribution of the test squares similar to the national pattern (yellow) and
those that differ from it (red). 68
3.12 Graph of different monument types across case study areas compared to the
nationwide distribution (all periods). 69
3.13 Monument types across all case study areas compared to the nationwide
distribution for the Bronze Age. 70
3.14 Monument types for all case study areas compared to the nationwide
distribution for the Iron Age. 71
3.15 Monument types for the case study areas compared to the nationwide
distribution for the Roman period. 71
3.16 Monument types for the case study areas compared to the nationwide
distribution for the early medieval period. 72
3.17 The distribution of metalwork in the Bronze Age showing a broad divide
between the south and east and the rest of the country. Numbers of records are
relatively low and some of the larger numbers in the northwest are possibly due
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to individual detectorists and individual productive sites. The map shows the
number of records and not the number of objects (one PAS record can represent more
than one object), as this would be skewed by individual hoards. Data from the PAS. 78
3.18 The distribution of metal finds from the Iron Age showing the number of records
and not the number of objects, as this would be skewed by individual hoards.
The distribution includes coin finds. Data from the PAS. 79
3.19 The distribution of metalwork in the Roman period showing the number of
records and not the number of objects, as this would be skewed by individual hoards.
The distribution includes coin finds. Data from the PAS. 80
3.20 The distribution of metalwork in the early medieval period showing the number of
records and not the number of objects, as this would be skewed by individual hoards.
The distribution includes coin finds. Data from the PAS. 81
4.1 Elevation (left) and terrain ruggedness (right) of England. 110
4.2 Shallowest geology (left) and soil conditions (right) of England. 111
4.3 Average annual temperature (left) and precipitation (right) in England (derived
from WorldClim). 112
4.4 Surface wetness (a) and river basins (b), and stream lengths (c) in England. 112
4.5 Elevation within Fox’s highland and lowland zones. 113
4.6 Land use and environments in Fox’s highland and lowland zones. 114
4.7 Comparison of palaeoclimate series discussed in text, with lines indicating
period divisions. 115
4.8 Factors contributing to erosion in England: (a) R-factor (rainfall erosivity),
(b) K-factor (soil erodibility) corrected by stoniness rating, (c) L-S factor
(slope angle and length), and (d) wind erosion. 126
4.9 Erosion susceptibility in England. 127
4.10 Erosion models of Boardman and Evans (2006) and Morgan (1985) for comparison,
redrawn from Panagos et al. (2016). 128
4.11 The distribution of (a) lynchet fields and (b) all fields plotted against erosion
susceptibility.129
4.12 Lynchet fields compared with all EngLaId fields of different periods plotted
against soil erodibility (FS = field system). The differences are relatively subtle,
with many fields of all periods situated in areas of low erodibility as shown by
their medians, but some fields also placed in areas where soil is more likely to
erode, as is seen when all fields are looked at for the early medieval period. 130
4.13 Soil erosion susceptibility at the national level by EngLaId period. 131
4.14 Relative probability plot of UK ‘anthropogenic alluvium’ with key moments in
agricultural innovation (purple line = relative probability, blue bars = frequency).
Also includes periods of highlighted lacustrine sedimentation in yellow, and the
summed probability distribution of radiocarbon-dated cereal grains in orange
(redrawn from Macklin et al. 2014: Figure 2). Note that the temporal scale here is
in years before present. 131
4.15 Thames and Eden River basins with EngLaId case study outlines. 133
4.16 The Thames basin. 135
4.17 Soil types within the Thames basin. 136
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List of Figures xv
5.14 Prehistoric evidence for roads and river crossings mapped against (a) the Iron
Age movement model and (b) major river ways. On the maps, ‘crossings’ (points)
represent the intersection points between rivers and routeways, whereas
‘bridges’ (hexagons) represent anything recorded in one of our input datasets
as a bridge. 168
5.15 Horse gear from the (a) prehistoric period and (b) Roman period. 168
5.16 Roman roads, river crossings, and bridges mapped against (a) Roman
movement model and (b) major river ways. On the maps, ‘crossings’ (points)
represent the intersection points between rivers and routeways, whereas ‘bridges’
(hexagons) represent anything recorded in one of our input datasets as a bridge. 169
5.17 Early medieval roads, river crossings, and bridges mapped against (a) early
medieval movement model and (b) major river ways. Black lines represent
Roman roads still in use as evidenced by place names studied by Cole (2013);
red lines represent Roman roads probably still in use based on modern use of
the same routes. On the maps, ‘crossings’ (points) represent the intersection
points between rivers and routeways, whereas ‘bridges’ (hexagons) represent
anything recorded in one of our input datasets as a bridge. 170
5.18 Early medieval horse gear. 171
5.19 Schematic model of water transport in early medieval England with
impressionistic indications of relative traffic levels and direction of travel
(adapted from Blair 2007: Figure 5). 174
5.20 Evidence of prehistoric watercraft and harbour/quay installations mapped
against river basins (CEH hydrological areas) and major watercourses. 175
5.21 Evidence of Roman watercraft and harbour/quay installations mapped
against river basins (CEH hydrological areas) and major watercourses. 176
5.22 Evidence of early medieval watercraft and harbour/quay installations mapped
against river basins and major watercourses. Ship burials are indicated in blue. 177
5.23 Distribution of place name evidence from seven case studies. Data adapted
from Palmer (2010). 179
5.24 Comparisons between place name evidence and EngLaId data for (a) rivers,
(b) roads, (c) fords, and (d) bridges. 181
6.1 Proposed model of dynamic isotopic processes (illustration by Zoé Mallet). 187
6.2 The location of the case study areas used in the study of plants, animals, and pottery. 188
6.3 The frequency of cereal species by period and case study area. 189
6.4 Boxplot distribution of the charred grain and cattle ∂15N
values in the Iron Age.
All the data are from the Ceramic Phases 3 and 7 of Danebury and nearby
settlements of similar dates (Lightfoot and Stevens, 2012; Stevens et al. 2013a).
Barley ∂15N average: 3.82‰, wheat ∂15N average: 2.77‰. 191
6.5 ∂15N for charred barley and wheat from Danebury (from Lightfoot and
Stevens, 2012) compared with data from long-term field experiments from
England and Germany showing different levels of manuring (intensive, 35 t/ha per year;
moderate, 20 t/ha per year; data from Fraser et al. 2011 and Bogaard et al. 2007). 192
6.6 Major animal species (that is the percentage of the number of identified specimens
or NISP) by period and case study area. 193
6.7 Ceramic repertoires by period and case study area. 194
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6.8 Distribution of the cattle isotopic data by broad time period. 197
6.9 Boxplot comparison of the cattle data by broad period (Iron Age n = 206,
Roman n = 99, early medieval n = 138). 198
6.10 Boxplot distributions of cattle ∂13C (left) and ∂15N
(right) values across all
sub-periods (early Iron Age n = 74, middle Iron Age n = 53, late Iron Age n = 49,
latest Iron Age n = 16, late Iron Age/early Roman n = 3, early Roman n = 12,
middle Roman n = 56, late Roman n = 13, early Anglo-Saxon n = 61, middle
Anglo-Saxon n = 10, late Saxon/Norman n = 10). The less well-dated samples
have been excluded (Iron Age n = 14, Roman n = 15, Anglo-Saxon n = 57).
The red line is a LOESS regression, which is used to plot a smooth line through
a series of data points by weighted quadratic least squares regression. 199
6.11 Boxplots of the regional distribution of cattle ∂13C and ∂15N in the Iron Age. 200
6.12 Boxplots of the regional distribution of cattle ∂13C and ∂15N values in the
Roman period. 201
6.13 Boxplots of the regional distribution of cattle ∂13C and ∂15N values in the
early medieval period. 202
6.14 Boxplot comparisons of the sheep data by regions in the early medieval period
(Hampshire n = 80, Suffolk n = 76, Yorkshire n = 15). 203
6.15 Diachronic evolution of the human data (early Iron Age n = 20, middle
Iron Age n = 135, late Iron Age n = 62, early Roman n = 21, middle Roman n = 610,
late Roman n = 49, late Roman/early Anglo-Saxon n = 87, early Anglo-Saxon n = 651,
early Anglo-Saxon/middle Anglo-Saxon n = 12, middle Anglo Saxon n = 107,
late Saxon n = 68, late Saxon/Norman n = 51). Samples dated less precisely, i.e. dated
only to a broad period (‘Iron Age’ n = 79, ‘Roman’ n = 61, ‘Anglo-Saxon’ n = 111),
and also the single ‘latest Iron Age’ sample have been excluded. The red line is a
LOESS regression, which is used to plot a smooth line through a series of
data points. The left-hand side of the graph shows carbon values, those on the
right nitrogen. 204
6.16 Distribution of the data according to the different levels of enrichment. 205
6.17 The outline of the third-century walls of Roman London used to define sites
within and without the city for the late Iron Age–Roman and early medieval periods
(after Rowsome and Burch 2011). 207
6.18 The frequency of cereal species by period in the Middle Thames Valley within
and without the walls of third-century London. 208
6.19 Major animal species (% NISP) by period in the Middle Thames Valley within
and without the walls of third-century London. 208
6.20 Minor animal species (% NISP) by period in the Middle Thames Valley within
and without the walls of third-century London. 209
6.21 Boxplot distribution of the cattle ∂13C (a) and ∂15N (b) values in the rural (orange)
and urban (blue) data. 210
6.22 Boxplot distribution of the human (a) ∂15C and (b) ∂15 N values in the rural
(orange) and urban (blue) data. 211
6.23 ∂13C and ∂15N differences between cattle and humans from urban and rural sites. 211
7.1 Presence of records of field systems (in red) in the EngLaId database for:
(a) Bronze Age; (b) Iron Age; (c) Roman; and (d) early medieval. Non-specific
prehistoric records shown in pink in (a) and (b). Records based solely upon
place names or documentary sources have been excluded. 227
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7.2 Four areas of human ecology and field systems in the second and into the
first millennia bc.228
7.3 Field systems studied as part of this exercise, in ascending order of total enclosed
area (left to right, top to bottom). 230
7.4 Locations of field systems studied as part of this exercise, by apparent period.
Markers displaced from spatial location where necessary to show all values.
The numbers given are those found in Table 7.1. 231
7.5 Histograms of mean elevation of 1 km × 1 km cells nationally containing field
systems for: (a) Bronze Age; (b) unspecified prehistoric; (c) Iron Age–Roman;
and (d) early medieval. Red lines show the pattern for England as a whole. 235
7.6 Modern broad soil type, shallowest geology, and land use classification of field
systems studied as part of this exercise. 236
7.7 Schematic rendering of metrics used to define and measure ‘peaks’ in field
system orientation. 237
7.8 Coaxiality against intravisibility. 238
7.9 Field system variation in orientation (0°–359°) (black) against variation in
aspect of the ground surface (0°–359°) (red). 239
7.10 Frequency/variation of each system’s two strongest orientation peaks (0°–179°)
as histogram and radial chart. 240
7.11 Density scatter plot of coaxiality against higher and lower bearing value of
orientation peaks ranked 1 and 2. The point data mark the various values and
the shading shows a kernel density plot of their distribution. 240
7.12 (a) Density of areas of NMP ridge and furrow which had arrow lines showing
their direction, making them useful for automated extraction of orientation data;
(b) schematic showing an example of a ridge and furrow plot in the NMP. 241
7.13 Orientations (0°–359°) of field systems studied as part of this exercise,
prehistoric (inc. Bronze–Iron Ages) and Roman field systems subjected to
automated extraction of orientation data, and ridge and furrow subjected to
automated extraction of orientation data. Data binned into 100 km × 100 km
OS grid squares. 242
7.14 Density scatter plots comparing nodes per hectare, lines per hectare, and length
per hectare for field system studies as part of this study. 244
7.15 Density scatter plots comparing nodes, lines, and length per hectare against coaxiality. 244
7.16 Nodes, lines, and length per hectare, and coaxiality across England. Markers
displaced from spatial location where necessary to show all values. 245
7.17 Example of polygons included or excluded from plot area calculations (pink are
included, red excluded for being too small, and purple excluded for being
too large)—ID 1. 246
7.18 (a) Boxplots showing the distribution of plot enclosed areas (in hectares) for
21 of 40 field systems; (b) histogram of frequency of plot enclosed areas (in hectares)
for all 21 field systems. 247
7.19 Examples of field system orientation alignments on the solstices. Positive values
on the y-axis relate to sunrise and negative values to sunset. The left-hand vertical
line represents the declination of the midwinter sun and the right-hand vertical
line represents the declination of the sun at midsummer. Field systems shown are
IDs (clockwise from top right): 2, 10, 26, 14, 9, 1. 250
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7.20 Alignment of early Bronze Age linear round barrow cemeteries compared to
the solstices. Graph set out as described in Figure 7.17’s caption. 251
7.21 Orientation of house doorways in Wessex from the middle Bronze Age to the
middle Iron Age. Data taken from Sharples 2010 (Figure 4.5). 252
7.22 Bronze Age and Roman field systems at Perry Oaks/Terminal 5, alongside Bronze
Age waterholes (after Framework Archaeology 2011). 254
8.1 Line graph of the relative spatial occurrence of different categories of enclosure
(linear land divisions, field systems, enclosed settlement forms including hill forts,
and enclosures) by broad time period (with generic prehistoric records half-weighted
to the Bronze and Iron Ages). The data were collated on a presence/absence basis
in 1 km × 1 km squares; the y-axis depicts the presence of enclosure categories in
relation to all spatial units containing data of any kind (including undated records).
Dated records represent 67.8 per cent of all records for linear ditches,
70.2 per cent for field systems, 97.1 per cent for enclosed settlements and
63.2 per cent for enclosures. 264
8.2 As described in Figure 8.1’s caption, but for six selected case study regions.
Data mapped as presence/absence in 350-m hexbins. Dated records represent
variable percentages of all records for linear ditches (Northumberland:
47.2 per cent; Humber: 91.3 per cent; Kent: 47.8 per cent; Devon: 66.0 per cent;
Marches: 56.9 per cent; Cumbria: 56.4 per cent), field systems (Northumberland:
74.4 per cent; Humber: 72.9 per cent; Kent: 76.1 per cent; Devon: 88.7 per cent;
Marches: 53.4 per cent; Cumbria: 73.3 per cent), enclosed settlements
(Northumberland: 96.2 per cent; Humber: 96.8 per cent; Kent: 95.8 per cent;
Devon: 97.8 per cent; Marches: 96.6 per cent; Cumbria: 96.8 per cent) and
enclosures (Northumberland: 55.4 per cent; Humber: 64.7 per cent; Kent: 59.4 per cent;
Devon: 83.7 per cent; Marches: 64.0 per cent; Cumbria: 62.9 per cent). 265
8.3 KDE surfaces of the different categories of enclosure on a nationwide scale,
based on presence/absence in 1-km squares. Dark areas indicate greater density.
The shading of each KDE surface is numerically scaled relative to itself only (i.e. a specific
shade of grey on one map will not represent the same density on any other map). 266
8.4 Place names combining a personal name with –tun, –ham, –by, or –thorpe (in red)
in seven EngLaId case study areas, mapped against all Domesday place names
(in black). They represent just under 17 per cent. Data adapted from Palmer (2010). 271
8.5 The boundary of the estate in the South Hams in Devon mapped on the ground,
based on a ninth-century charter boundary clause (L298.0.00/Sawyer 298;
South Hams, Devon; ad 846). After Hooke (1994: 105–12). Blue lines represent
rivers; grey lines represent roads, and red dots represent Domesday estates that
fall within the enclosed area. Names in bold represent modern place names
(one river name and three Domesday estates), but in this case they all fall outside the
enclosed area. 273
8.6 An example of a charter boundary clause mapped on the ground
(L1033.1.000/Sawyer 1033; Ottery St Mary [2], Devon; ad 1061). Based on
Hooke (1994: 207–12) in conjunction with 1st edition OS maps (1:2500 County
Series 1st Edition (TIFF geospatial data), Scale 1:2500, Tiles: devo-06916-1 and
devo-07009-1, Updated: 30 November 2010, Historic, Using: EDINA Historic Digimap
Service, http://digimap.edina.ac.uk, Downloaded: 2016-07-25 14:39:39.932).
Blue lines represent rivers; thick grey lines represent former Roman roads, and
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thin grey lines are other roads. Features drawn only in relation to the estate
boundary (red dashed line). Names in bold represent modern place names. 274
8.7 Total number of charter bounds per case study region, compared to the mean
number of structuring elements per charter boundary clause, reflecting the
preponderance of (the relatively simple) Type 1 charter bounds in Kent. 275
8.8 Relative distribution of structuring elements within charter bounds. 276
8.9 Relative distribution of structuring elements within place names. The high
peak in the buildings and settlement category results from the habit of including
an element describing the kind of settlement (such as –tun or –by) in
Old English naming practices. 277
8.10 A 200-m buffer zone around Bronze Age fields in Northumberland (in red)
and all HER records (small black dots). 283
8.11 Bronze Age fields in Northumberland and associated monument types. 284
8.12 A 200-m buffer zone around Bronze Age fields in Kent (in red) and all
HER records (small black dots). 285
8.13 Bronze Age fields in Kent and associated monument types. 286
8.14 A 200-m buffer zone around Iron Age enclosed settlement in Northumberland
(in red) and all HER records (small black dots). 287
8.15 Iron Age enclosed settlements in Northumberland and associated monument types. 288
8.16 A 200-m buffer zone around Iron Age enclosed settlement in Kent (in red)
and all HER records (small black dots). 289
8.17 Iron Age enclosed settlements in Kent and associated monument types. 290
9.1 A schematic rendering of the tension between space, time, and type in terms of
the resolution of analytical units. 304
9.2 Records of Roman villas plotted on a presence/absence basis using three different
resolutions of spatial bin. 305
9.3 The complexity of archaeological evidence (all periods) plotted as 5-km KDE. 307
9.4 Complexity of archaeological evidence (all periods) plotted as 50-km KDE. 308
9.5 (a) Input dot density, showing clear edge effects along coastlines, rescaled
numerically to vary between 0 and 1; (b) complexity (all periods) plotted as
50-km KDE, with edge effect corrected. 308
9.6 (a) Monument affordance model, smoothed using 5-km circular focal mean;
(b) complexity (all periods) plotted as 50-km KDE, with edge effect corrected
and adjusted to take into account monument affordance model. 309
9.7 Complexity (all periods) plotted as 5-km KDE: (a) global measure; (b) local
measure adjusted for regional variation and monument affordance. 309
9.8 Complexity (Bronze Age, including half-weighted prehistoric) plotted as
5-km KDE: (a) global measure; (b) local measure adjusted for regional variation
and monument affordance. 310
9.9 Complexity (Iron Age, including half-weighted prehistoric) plotted as
5-km KDE: (a) global measure; (b) local measure adjusted for regional variation
and monument affordance. 310
9.10 Complexity (Roman) plotted as 5-km KDE: (a) global measure; (b) local measure
adjusted for regional variation and monument affordance. 311
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