Where Rivers Meet

The Archaeology of Catholme and the Trent-Tame Confluence

• Author(s): Simon Buteux, Henry Chapman,
• Publisher: Council for British Archaeology
• Pages: 180
• ISBN_10: 1902771788
  ISBN_13: 9781902771786
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Architecture / Landscape , History / Ancient / General , History / Europe / Great Britain / General , History / Europe / Medieval , Social Science / Archaeology ,

Description:... This book is the story of an area of landscape in the English Midlands from earliest prehistory to around AD 900. Although it looks like a typical rural landscape, archaeological research, much of it in advance of quarrying, has revealed that this area has a long and remarkable history of occupation stretching back to the Ice Age. In particular at Catholme the project has revealed spectacular monuments from the Neolithic and Bronze Age (including a 'woodhenge-type' monument, a 'sunburst' monument and a cursus) that represent a regional expression of the monumental traditions of the age of Stonehenge.