Between Peak and Plain: Excavations on a Multiperiod Site at Mellor, Stockport, 1998-2009

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Between Peak and Plain, produced on behalf of the Mellor Archaeological Trust, presents the results of 12 seasons of community-based excavations carried out with the support of the former University of Manchester Archaeological Unit. Mellor is part of the metropolitan borough of Stockport in north-west England and lies in the foothills of the Peak District and southern Pennines. The excavations were centred on the Old Vicarage on a hilltop spur commanding extensive views westward over the Cheshire Plain. The investigations revealed a multiperiod site with evidence of activity from the Mesolithic to the post-medieval period. The principal remains were of the Iron Age and the medieval period. The Iron Age evidence included rock-cut ditches defining an inner enclosure and an extensive outer enclosure, ring-gullies, and linear gullies, with elements of material culture which included a regionally significant assemblage of pottery. The main medieval remains were the post pits of an aisled hall, which from historical evidence probably belonged to a forester of the royal hunting preserve of Peak Forest. The site also produced lithics of the Earlier and Later Mesolithic, a smaller Late Neolithic–Early Bronze Age group which included a flint dagger and polished flint chisel, and an assemblage of pottery and other artefacts demonstrating Romano-British occupation. Radiocarbon dating points to activity in the early medieval period. From the post-medieval period the site produced an important assemblage of clay tobacco pipes. Findings from the excavations are considered in this volume within their wider regional context.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-03-20
Mått205 x 290 x 18 mm
Vikt1 233 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor276
FörlagArchaeopress
ISBN9781803279398

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Chapter 1: Introduction – Peter ArrowsmithChapter 2: Methodology – Peter Arrowsmith and John RobertsChapter 3: The excavation – Peter Arrowsmith, Graham Eyre-Morgan, Stuart Holden, Peter Noble and John RobertsChapter 4: Lithic assemblage – A.M. MyersChapter 5: Prehistoric pottery – Christopher Cumberpatch with a contribution by Robert A. IxerChapter 6: Romano-British coarse pottery – R.S. LearyChapter 7: Samian ware – Margaret WardChapter 8: Medieval pottery – Christopher Cumberpatch with a contribution by Jane YoungChapter 9: Cheshire briquetage – Elaine L. MorrisChapter 10: Fired clay material – Elaine L. MorrisChapter 11: Roman coins – David ShotterChapter 12: Metalwork – Christine Howard-Davis with contributions by Nick HerepathChapter 13: Medieval arrowheads – Geoff Gaunt and Sonia O’ConnorChapter 14: Stone objects – John Cruse, Graham Eyre-Morgan and Peter Noble Chapter 15: Oil shale and related material – Fraser HunterChapter 16: Glass objects – Christine Howard-Davis with a contribution by Harriet FosterChapter 17: Metallurgical analysis – Roger C.P. Doonan and Heather Greybull with a contribution by David DungworthChapter 18: Palaeoenvironmental material – Charlotte O’Brien, Tim Mighall, Helen Ranner and Lorne ElliottChapter 19: Conclusion: the site in context – Peter Arrowsmith, A.M. Myers and Peter NobleAppendix 1: Medieval Mellor and Peak Forest – Peter ArrowsmithAppendix 2: The later history of the site – John W.S. HearleAppendix 3: Clay tobacco pipes – David A. HigginsBibliography