Excavations by Margaret and Tom Jones. With contributions by J. Bayley, J. N. Carreck, J. P. A. Etté, C. J. Going, H. Hamerow, E. Healey, M. U. Jones, I. H. Longworth, G. McDonnell, D. N. Riley, and F. Talbott.
E-book (PDF) published 2012.
This volume is the first in a series which reports on the multi-period site at Mucking, Essex. The excavations lasted for 13 years, from 1965 to 1978, and covered an area of over 18 hectares. This first part of the publication consists of an atlas of the site, together with a short report. The atlas is presented, at a scale of 1:180, on 25 plans which are unphased and include all investigated features; the reader will be able to join the plans and view larger areas and enclosures. The short text which accompanies the atlas consists of a brief history of the excavation and its aftermath, a series of period summaries, and a number of specialist reports which relate to the site as a whole, for example: geology and cropmarks. The site atlas plans form an indispensable source of reference for the individual volume on the Anglo-Saxon settlement at Mucking.
Author(s): Ann Clark
Series: English Heritage Archaeological Reports,20
Publisher: English Heritage
Year: 1993
Language: English
Pages: VIII+42
City: London
List of illustrations and tables v
Foreword / J. H. Longworth vi
Publisher's note vii
1. Introduction 1
The archive 1
Location 2
Acknowledgements 5
2. Background / M. U. Jones 6
Introduction 6
Trial excavation 6
Mechanical excavation and quarrying 6
Planning 7
Excavation strategy 7
Geology, soils, and weather 7
Patterned ground 8
Acknowledgements 9
3. The excavation 11
Methods 11
Plans ll
4. Post-excavation 12
Mucking Post-excavation (M PX) 12
Post-excavation and publication (BM/ EH) 14
Conclusion 17
5. Summary by period 18
Early prehistory / E. Healey 18
The Late Bronze Age / J. P. A. Etté 18
The Iron Age / C. J. Going 19
The Roman period / C. J. Going 20
Thee early to middle Anglo-Saxon period / H. Hamerow 21
Middle Saxon, medieval, and later / C J. Going 22
6. The Mucking cropmarks / D. N. Riley 23
Discovery and photography 23
The plan 23
Cropmarks and excavation results - the archaeological features 24
Cold climate patterned ground 24
7. Specialist reports 26
The geology / J. N Carreck 26
The rock types / F. Talbot 31
The slags and metallurgical residues / G. McDonnell 31
Non-ferrous metalworking finds / J. Bayley 34
8. Radiocarbon dates 35
Appendix: a bibliography of publications on Mucking up to 1989 37
Bibliography 39
Index 40
