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SUMMARY:Life in the Biddenham Loop - Mike Luke\, Albion Archaeology
DTSTART:20130116T193000Z
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CONTACT:Vicki Harley
DESCRIPTION:The Biddenham Loop\, some 200 ha of gravel terrace defined by 
 a meander of the Great Ouse to the west of Bedford\, abounds in crop marks
  and plough zone artefacts. Investigations of the area include 8 ha of ope
 n area excavation plus more extensive fieldwalking\, geophysical survey an
 d aerial photograph analysis. The most important result of the investigati
 ons is the evidence for continuity\, rather than discontinuity\, in the ev
 olution of the landscape. Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments were incorpor
 ated into the middle Bronze Age field systems and some continued to be the
  focus of burials. These fields continued in to the middle Iron Age and ev
 en the Romano-British period. For the Roman to Saxon transition it is sign
 ificant that the majority of the evidence for early Saxon settlement occur
 s in the vicinity of Romano-British settlements. No exact parallels are kn
 own in Britain for the late Iron Age ritual complex on the north edge of t
 he area\, although the arrangement is similar to a number found in norther
 n France.\n\nMike Luke is a project manager with Albion Archaeology\, base
 d in Bedford\, and will be giving us a whistlestop tour of the extensive f
 inds on the Biddenham Loop\, including the latest results.
LOCATION:Cottenham Village College
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