The Flag Fen Basin: Archaeology and environment of a Fenland landscape

The Flag Fen Basin: Archaeology and environment of a Fenland landscape
ISBN-10
1848021518
ISBN-13
9781848021518
Category
Social Science
Pages
498
Language
English
Published
2013-02-15
Publisher
English Heritage
Author
Francis Pryor

Description

The Flag Fen Basin has been the subject of nearly continuous archaeological research since about 1900. This research sheds new light on the Neolithic landscape, on the Iron Age and Roman landscapes, and on the changing environmental conditions since the earlier Neolithic.

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