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The Archaeology of Alderley Edge: Survey, excavation and experiment in an ancient mining landscape
Simon Timberlake and A.J.N.W. Prag
Survey, excavation and experiment in an ancient mining landscape
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Cover
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Half Title
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Dedication
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Full Title
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Copyright
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Contents
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List of Illustrations
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Acknowledgements and Thanks
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Editors and Contributors
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Abbreviations
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Foreword
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Chapter 1: Introduction: The Alderley Edge Landscape Project
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Chapter 2: The Archaeology of Alderley Edge and the North-East Cheshire Hinterland - A Review
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Chapter 3: Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers on Alderley Edge
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Chapter 4: Archaeological Excavations at Engine Vein, Alderley Edge, 1997
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Chapter 5: Stone Mining Tools from Alderley Edge
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Chapter 6: The Archaeological Excavation of a Roman Mine Shaft and Gallery (‘Pot Shaft’) at Engine Vein, Alderley Edge
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Chapter 7: The ‘Pot Shaft’ Hoard: the Controlled Microexcavationof a Fourth-century Roman Coin Hoard
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Chapter 8: A Topographical and Archaeological Landscape Survey of the AELP Core Area of Alderley Edge, Cheshire, with Additional References to its Hinterland
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Chapter 9: Archaeological Excavation and Conservation at Saddlebole and on the Quarry Road, Alderley Edge
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Chapter 10: Experimental Mining on Alderley Edge
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Chapter 11: The Experimental Smelting of Copper Carbonate Ores from Engine Vein, Alderley Edge
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Chapter 12: The Soils of Alderley Edge
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Chapter 13: Geochemical Mapping of Alderley Edge Soils by means of a Portable XRF Analyser (Spectrace - 9000)
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Chapter 14: Chemical Analyses of Pond, Well, Spring and Mine Waters from Alderley Edge
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Chapter 15: Conclusion: a summary, and future prospects
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Appendix A
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Appendix B: A Palaeoenvironmental Record from Adders Moss: Evidence for Vegetation Change and Pollution from Alderley Edge
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Bibliography
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Index
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Published: 2005
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781841717159 (paperback)
- 9781407320458 (ebook)
BAR Number: B396
- Numismatics
- Early Modern and Modern
- Experimental Archaeology
- Multiperiod
- Bronze Age and Iron Age
- Metallurgy / Mining
- Migration Period, Early Medieval and Medieval
- Palaeolithic / Mesolithic
- Archaeometry / Scientific Dating
- Lithics / Stone Tools
- Landscape Archaeology
- Neolithic / Chalcolithic
- British Isles
- Excavation / Fieldwork / Survey
- Roman
- Archaeobotany / Environment and Climate