The Severn Estuary by Stephen John Rippon

The Severn Estuary by Stephen John Rippon

The Severn Estuary is fringed by extensive areas of reclaimed alluvium, known as the Levels, which form a distinctive type of landscape. This work is a synthesis of evidence about how this landscape has evolved. Archaeological, palaeoenvironmental, documentary, cartographic, place and field-name evidence is drawn together to address key themes related to the exploitation of this physically "marginal" area. The central issue is how, when and why the countryside came into being. The study sets the Severn Estuary within the wider context of the British Isles and north western Europe, and focuses on the neglected Roman and later periods, and on areas of coastal alluvium.

Stephen Rippon, Professor of Landscape Archaeology, University of Exeter

Stephen Rippon is Professor of Landscape Archaeology at the University of Exeter with strongly interdisciplinary research interests in the landscapes of Roman and medieval Britain, regional variation in landscape character, and using the techniques of historic landscape analysis to explore how the
countryside of today has come into being. He is a recent Dean of Graduate Research at the University of Exeter, and past president of the Medieval Settlement Research Group and Treasurer of the Society for Medieval Archaeology.

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ISBN 13	9780718500696
ISBN 10	0718500695
Title	The Severn Estuary
Author	Stephen John Rippon
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	1997-04-01
Number of pages	336
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