Tim Allen

BOOKS BY THIS CONTRIBUTOR

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

Tim Allen

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

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

Tim Allen

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

Tim Allen

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

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

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