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Collection: Thames Valley Landscapes Monograph

Slade End Farm and Winterbrook

Alex Davies et al.

Excavations along the A421 Great Barford Bypass revealed sparse early prehistoric evidence, expanding late Bronze Age–Iron Age settlement, widespread middle Iron Age occupation, early Roman decline, a late Roman cemetery, and later Saxon to medieval hamlets, showing long-term shifting land use. READ MORE

Paperback: £20.00

Gill Mill: Later Prehistoric Landscape and a Roman Nucleated Settlement in the Lower Windrush Valley at Gill Mill, Near Witney, Oxfordshire

Paul Booth et al.

Excavation of the Gill Mill quarry revealed extensive Iron Age settlements and a later 10‑ha nucleated site focused on a road junction. With regular enclosures, few buildings, and strong evidence for organised cattle management, the settlement likely served an estate‑level role before its abandonment by AD 370. READ MORE

Hardback: £35.00

Horcott Quarry, Fairford and Arkell’s Land, Kempsford

Chris Hayden et al.

Excavations at Horcott revealed Mesolithic activity, a major Iron Age settlement with exceptional grain‑storage structures, a Roman farmstead, a 3rd–4th‑century cemetery, and a large Anglo‑Saxon settlement. Nearby Arkell’s land saw only Roman‑period enclosures and fields, likely linked to Claydon Pike, and no later occupation. READ MORE

Hardback: £25.00

Yarnton: Neolithic and Bronze Age Settlement and Landscape

Gill Hey et al.

This volume reports Neolithic–Bronze Age discoveries at Yarnton–Cassington, including early houses, cremations, pits, monuments and evolving farming, craft and burial practices. The findings trace shifting settlement, landscape clearance and long-term environmental change across the Thames floodplain and gravel terrace. READ MORE

Hardback: £29.95

Opening the Wood, Making the Land: The Archaeology of a Middle Thames Landscape

Tim Allen et al.

Excavations at the Eton Rowing Course and the Maidenhead–Windsor Flood Alleviation Channel revealed Mesolithic flint scatters, rich early Neolithic middens in former channels, middle–late Neolithic burials, and Beaker/early Bronze Age ring ditches and settlement evidence across a complex Thames palaeochannel landscape. READ MORE

Paperback: £35.00

Prehistoric Settlement in the Lower Kennet Valley

Adam Brossler et al.

Excavations at Green Park and Moores Farm revealed middle–late Bronze Age field systems with waterholes preserving wooden revetments and key pottery, alongside earlier Mesolithic–Neolithic activity. Later Iron Age, Roman and post‑medieval features show long‑term landscape change across the Lower Kennet Valley. READ MORE

Paperback: £20.00

Under the Oracle

Ben M. Ford et al.

Excavations for the Oracle development in Reading uncovered 11th–12th‑century minster buildings, a large medieval cookshop, tanning pits, craftworking areas, and major mill complexes with well‑preserved machinery. Finds ranged from medieval pottery and leatherwork to Reading’s largest clay‑pipe assemblage. READ MORE

Hardback: £25.00

Cirencester before Corinium

Edward Biddulph et al.

Excavations at Kingshill North revealed late Neolithic pits with rare Grooved Ware, feasting remains, and exotic flint and axe fragments. Beaker burials showed non‑local origins. Later Bronze and Iron Age pits, structures, and burials marked evolving settlement, abandoned by the 1st century AD, with only limited later activity. READ MORE

Paperback: £15.00

The Archaeology of the Gravel Terraces of the Upper and Middle Thames: Early Prehistory to 1500 BC

Anthony Morigi et al.

This volume surveys early prehistory in the Upper and Middle Thames Valley, from Pleistocene climate shifts to Mesolithic hunter‑gatherers and the rise of Neolithic and early Bronze Age farming, monuments, ritual and exchange, revealing evolving lifeways and increasing human impact on the environment. READ MORE

Hardback: £34.99

From Bronze Age Enclosure to Saxon Settlement: Archaeological Excavations at Taplow Hillfort, Buckinghamshire, 1999-2005

Tim Allen et al.

This book reveals the long urban history of Finzel’s Reach, from Saxon defences and medieval Templar‑ and Hospitaller‑led development to later sugar refining and brewery use. Excavation, building survey and geoarchaeology uncover a dynamic landscape of reclamation, streets, tenements and industry at Bristol’s historic core. READ MORE

Hardback: £20.00

The Archaeology of the Gravel Terraces of the Upper and Middle Thames: The First Foundations of Modern Society in the Thames Valley, 1500 BC - AD 50

George Lambrick et al.

This study charts late prehistoric change in the Thames Valley, from monument‑focused landscapes to organised farming, trade and early ironworking. Emerging hillforts and large communal enclosures reflect shifting social and political structures, culminating in new tribal dynamics before the Roman conquest. READ MORE

Hardback: £30.00

Saved from the Grave: Neolithic to Saxon Discoveries at Spring Road Municipal Cemetery, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, 1990-2000

Tim Allen et al.

Excavations at Spring Gardens cemetery revealed Mesolithic visits, rich Neolithic and Bronze Age activity including a rare timber circle, an Iron Age roundhouse with burials, Roman enclosures, and early Saxon settlement, showing long-term occupation of this gravel rise before its later use as farmland and finally a cemetery. READ MORE

Hardback: £17.50

Excavations At Barrow Hills, Radley, Oxfordshire, 1983-5. Volume 2

Richard Chambers et al.

This volume reports a 3rd–4th‑century Romano‑British cemetery of 69 burials and an early Anglo‑Saxon settlement with post‑built and sunken‑featured buildings at Barrow Hills, Radley. The findings illuminate burial organisation, settlement layout, and continuity of use beside earlier prehistoric monuments. READ MORE

Hardback: £24.99

The Archaeology of the Gravel Terraces of the Upper and Middle Thames: The Early Historical Period, AD 1-1000

Jane Timby et al.

This volume reviews late Iron Age, Roman, and Anglo‑Saxon archaeology in the Upper and Middle Thames Valley, outlining landscape change, evolving settlements, lifeways, identities, trade and power. It synthesises rich evidence from extensive gravel‑quarry discoveries and highlights key themes for future research. READ MORE

Hardback: £34.99

Iron Age and Roman Settlement in the Upper Thames Valley

David Miles et al.

This volume synthesises excavations from the Cotswold Water Park, centred on four rural settlements—most notably Claydon Pike—spanning the middle Iron Age to late Roman period, with some middle Saxon burials. It provides a wider landscape analysis of settlement, economy, environment and material culture. READ MORE

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Archaeology of the Wallingford Bypass, 1986-92

Anne Marie Cromarty et al.

Excavations for the Wallingford Bypass revealed a high‑status late Bronze Age settlement on a Thames eyot, early cord‑rig cultivation, and dated Grim’s Ditch to the late Iron Age/early Roman period. Additional sites showed multi‑period activity from the Neolithic to Saxon era, enriching the region’s archaeological narrative. READ MORE

Hardback: £26.95

Gravelly Guy: Stanton Harcourt Oxfordshire

George Lambrick et al.

Large‑scale excavation at Gill Mill quarry uncovered extensive Iron Age activity and a later 10‑ha nucleated roadside settlement with regular enclosures and few buildings. Strong evidence for organised cattle management suggests an estate‑level role before the site was abandoned by AD 370. READ MORE

Hardback: £34.95

Barentin's Manor

Philip Page et al.

The finds included fine pottery, continental imports, decorated tiles, coins, metal, bone, ivory and stone objects, glass, slags, and a substantial animal bone assemblage, offering rich evidence for the site's material culture, diet, and craft activities. READ MORE

Hardback: £19.95

Thornhill Farm, Fairford, Gloucestershire

David Jennings et al.

Excavations at Thornhill Farm revealed a large middle Iron Age–early Roman agricultural complex of paddocks and enclosures for livestock management, with domestic waste and roundhouse traces. The site was extensively reorganised in the early 2nd century AD with new trackways. READ MORE

Hardback: £24.95

Green Park (Reading Business Park): Phase 2 Excavations 1995

Adam Brossler et al.

Excavations at Reading Business Park revealed Neolithic pits and a segmented ring ditch, middle–late Bronze Age cremations, field systems and a settlement with roundhouses, plus a large burnt mound. Finds show continuity in pottery traditions and evidence of shifting occupation into the medieval period. READ MORE

Paperback: £14.99

Asthall, Oxfordshire

P. M. Booth

Excavations at Asthall ahead of pipeline works revealed Akeman Street and a sequence of timber and stone buildings fronting it, dating from the mid‑1st to 4th centuries AD. Evidence of ironworking and a small late Roman cemetery near the settlement edge helps characterise the town’s development and economy. READ MORE

Paperback: £20.00

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