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oapen-20.500.12657-458252023-01-31T18:47:41Z Land, Power and Prestige Yates, David T. History Ancient History Europe Great Britain bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBL History: earliest times to present day::HBLA Ancient history: to c 500 CE bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJD European history A major phase of economic expansion occurred in southern England during the second and early first millennium BC, accompanied by a fundamental shift in regional power and wealth towards the eastern lowlands. This book offers a synthesis of available data on Bronze Age lowland field systems in England, including a gazetteer of sites. The research demonstrates the importance of large-scale animal husbandry in the mixed farming regimes as evidenced in the design of the field systems which incorporate droveways, stock proof fencing, watering holes, cow pens, sheep races and gateways for stockhandling. It is argued that the field systems represented a form of conspicuous production, an "intensification" of agrarian endeavour or a statement of intent, to be understood in relation to the maintenance, display and promotion of hierarchical social systems involved in exchange with their counterparts across the English Channel. 2020-12-24T04:01:48Z 2020-12-24T04:01:48Z 2007 book 9781842172315 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/45825 eng application/pdf n/a external_content.pdf Historic England Historic England 6020 d72b38ec-057d-48e4-904e-00ca0eecc129 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781842172315 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Historic England Knowledge Unlatched open access
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A major phase of economic expansion occurred in southern England during the second and early first millennium BC, accompanied by a fundamental shift in regional power and wealth towards the eastern lowlands. This book offers a synthesis of available data on Bronze Age lowland field systems in England, including a gazetteer of sites. The research demonstrates the importance of large-scale animal husbandry in the mixed farming regimes as evidenced in the design of the field systems which incorporate droveways, stock proof fencing, watering holes, cow pens, sheep races and gateways for stockhandling. It is argued that the field systems represented a form of conspicuous production, an "intensification" of agrarian endeavour or a statement of intent, to be understood in relation to the maintenance, display and promotion of hierarchical social systems involved in exchange with their counterparts across the English Channel.
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