With contributions by H. C. Bowen, D. G. Buckley, A. Evans, F. E. Gale, R. Harcourt, J. S. Jefferies, M. Jones, C. Keepax, D. P. S. Peacock, V. Rigby, G. Simpson and M. G. Spratling.
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A three-acre settlement at Gussage All Saints, Dorset was completely excavated and most of the archaeological deposit removed so as to provide a basis for broader interpretations. Post-holes for buildings, numerous pits, gullies and internal enclosures provided evidence that the settlement was occupied throughout the second half of the first millennium BC, and evidence was recovered for its development, material culture, economy and population. Of particular interest is a collection of bronze-founder's debris, including broken investment moulds, which was found as a rubbish deposit. The excavation was a problem-orientated project within a rescue framework, designed to look back at Dr Gerhardt Bersu's excavation of the site of Little Woodbury, near Salisbury, in 1938 and 1939, which, although a partial excavation, had for many years provided the pattern for Iron Age economy in Southern Britain.
Author(s): Geoffrey John Wainwright
Series: Department of the Environment. Archaeological Reports, 10
Publisher: Her Majesty's Stationery Office
Year: 1979
Language: English
Pages: XXX+206
City: London
List of illustrations iv
List of plates vi
Summary vii
Introduction and acknowledgments viii
Part I. The Structures
Chapter I. The Enclosure 3
Chapter II. The Pits 9
Chapter III. The Phase 1 Settlement 16
Chapter IV. The Phase 2 Settlement 21
Chapter V. The Phase 3 Settlement 25
Part II – The Finds
Chapter VI. The Pottery 49
Chapter VII. The Stone 89
Chapter VIII. The Other Finds 98
Part III. Economy, Environment and Population
Chapter IX. The Debris of Metal Working 125
Chapter X. The Animal Bones 150
Chapter XI. The Human Bones 161
Chapter XII. The Plant Remains 172
Part IV. Discussion
Chapter XIII. Gussage in its Setting 179
Chapter XIV. General Considerations 184
Bibliography 195
Index 198
