Review by Andrew Tibbs.
Over a decade of excavation has taken place at the Manor Pit quarry site in Baston, Lincolnshire, and this volume details the archaeological work undertaken at the site, and subsequent analysis. Initially occupied in the Neolithic period, it wasn’t until the Bronze Age that pastoral activity began at Manor Pit. In the Roman period, the site was reoccupied, and cultivation continued until the 4th century AD, with subsequent agricultural activity in both later and post-medieval periods.
This volume, an archaeological report, begins with a background evaluation of Manor Pit, detailing the excavations. It then analyses the finds and environmental and human remains
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