West Stow: The Prehistoric
and Romano-British Occupations
by Stanley West
East Anglian Archaeology Volume 48
1990 Department
Planning County Suffolk
117 pages, 69 figures, 7pls.
In this, the third and final West Stow report, evidence for
occupation of the site before the Anglo-Saxon village will be
described and discussed. Mesolithic occupation is attested by a
series of flint concentrations and Late Neolithic activity by a
ring-ditch, presumably representing a barrow, which contained a
central burial pit and over 40 un-urned cremations. A series of
small enclosures, a large number of pits, an extensive pottery
assemblage and quantities of animal bone represent a considerable
Iron Age occupation. Romano-British activity seems to have been
largely confined to pottery production and associated occupation
material. Five kilns have been excavated, of generally 2nd–early
3rd-century date, producing a wide range of forms.
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