With contributions from Neil Batcock, Judith Cartledge and Catherine Hills. Illustrations by B. Bennison, Gillian Jones, Margaret Mathews, H. Spalding and M. G. Stroud, and photographs by Lawrence Butler, Derek A. Edwards, Peter Wade-Martins, David Wicks and K. Wallis
The survey and excavation of a good example of a large linear village site in central Norfolk, at least twenty-nine tofts being visible. Two house sites and the front of a single toft were excavated, and the results of fieldwalking within the parish are also presented. Thuxton is compared with Grenstein, a similar site excavated shortly afterwards.
Author(s): Lawrence Butler, Peter Wade-Martins
Series: East Anglian Archaeology, 46
Publisher: Norfolk Archaeological Unit
Year: 1989
Language: English
Pages: 116
City: Dereham
List of Contents v
List of Plates v
List of Figures vi
List of Tables vi
Contents of Microfiche vi
Contributors vii
Acknowledgements vii
Preface, by Peter Wade-Martins viii
I. Summary, by Lawrence Butler 1
II. General Introduction, by Lawrence Butler 1
Introduction 1
Location 1
III. St Paul's Church, by Neil Batcock 3
Architectural description 3
Interpretation and dating 7
IV. Site Discovery, Recording and Fieldwork, by Peter Wade-Martins 8
V. Site Description, by Peter Wade-Martins 8
The eastern area 8
The western area 12
Moat near the church 16
VI. 1963 Excavations of Tofts 8 and 10, by Peter Wade-Martins 17
Toft 8 17
Toft 10 19
VII. 1964 Excavations of Toft 2, by Lawrence Butler 22
Introduction 22
Period I: Layer E 25
Period II: Layer D 26
Period III: Layer C 2Y
Period IV: Layer B 35
VIII. Objects of Metal, Bone and Clay, by Lawrence Butler with a contribution by Catherine Hills 36
Introduction 36
Numbering of finds 36
Metalwork 36
Iron slag 40
Objects of bone 40
Objects of fired clay 40
IX. The Pottery, by Lawrence Butler and Vivienne Jones 40
Introduction 40
Site locations 41
Coarse wares 42
Glazed wares 46
X. Brick and Tile, by Lawrence Butler 50
XI. Objects of Stone, by Lawrence Butler 51
XII. The Animal Bone, by Judith Cartledge 52
Identification 52
Range and ratio of species 52
The main mammal species 52
Degree of bone preservation 54
Discussion 54
A note on the burial of horse skulls, by Lawrence Butler 54
XIII. Documentary Evidence, by Lawrence Butler 54
XIV. The Parish and its Fields, by Lawrence Butler 56
XV. Discussion and conclusion, by Lawrence Butler 58
Interpretation and reconstruction of buildings 58
The rural economy 62
Conclusion 62
Endnotes 64
Bibliography 65
Index 68
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