Wessex Archaeology is one of the largest independent archaeological organisations in Britain. Its headquarters are in Salisbury, and its publications, reflecting its activities, are mostly concerned with fieldwork and excavations in the south and south-west.
the archaeology of industry, commerce and the lives of the poor in Bath’s lost quayside district
by Cai Mason
Edited by Philippa Bradley
Price: $22.00
ISBN: 9781911137160
Pub Date: 2020-12-11
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Wessex Archaeology
100 Pages
Excavations at Bath Quays Waterside represent the first detailed archaeological investigation of industrial buildings and housing within a ‘slum’ district on the southern edge of the city
English Heritage and Operation Nightingale excavations 2003-14
by Phil Andrews, Jonathan Last, Richard Osgood and Nick Stoodley
Edited by Philippa Bradley
Price: $37.00
ISBN: 9781911137122
Pub Date: 2020-06-17
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Wessex Archaeology
284 Pages
Barrow Clump, in the Salisbury Plain Military Training Area, is a complex prehistoric monument and was the focus of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery. Damage by badgers lead to excavations as part of Operation Nightingale, an innovative military initiative to involve injured service personnel in archaeology to aid their recovery.
Excavations during the construction work associated with the Great Western railway line uncovered part of a large, previously unknown Romano-British settlement along the road between the Roman towns of Aquae Sulis and Cunetio. The full extent of the settlement is unknown but evidence from metal detector finds and field names suggests that it may ha
Found a few kilometres from Stonehenge, the graves of the Amesbury Archer and the Boscombe Bowmen date to the 24th century BC and are two of the earliest Bell Beaker graves in Britain. The Boscombe...
Excavations just outside a large Late Bronze Age ringwork at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Carshalton, in the London Borough of Sutton, revealed a settlement, including a roundhouse, a possible granary and a number of pits. Many of the pits contained deliberately deposited assemblages of animal bones, ceramics and metal objects.
Neolithic, Iron Age and Romano-British activity at the former MOD Headquarters, Durrington, Wiltshire
by Steve Thompson and Andrew Powell
Price: $21.76
ISBN: 9781911137047
Pub Date: 2018-05-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Wessex Archaeology
130 Pages
An excavation in 2010–12 on the site of the former Ministry of Defence (MoD) Headquarters in Durrington, Wiltshire, revealed evidence spanning the post-glacial to the post-medieval periods. It lies...
A mortuary and ritual site of the Bronze Age, Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon period with evidence for long-distance maritime mobility
by Jacqueline I. McKinley, Matt Leivers, Jörn Schuster, Peter Marshall, Alistair Barclay and Nick Stoodley
Price: $70.00
ISBN: 9781874350705
Pub Date: 2015-02-05
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Wessex Archaeology
288 Pages
The investigations uncovered a dense area of archaeological remains dating from the Bronze Age to the Anglo-Saxon period. An extraordinary series of human and animal remains were recovered from a Late Bronze Age–Middle Iron Age mortuary feature, revealing a wealth of evidence for mortuary rites including exposure, excarnation and curation.
Excavations at Longforth Farm, Wellington, Somerset by Simon Flaherty, Phil Andrews and Matt Leivers
by Simon Flaherty, Phil Andrews and Matt Leivers
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 9781874350859
Pub Date: 2017-03-03
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Wessex Archaeology
100 Pages
Excavations in advance of housing development at Longforth Farm, Wellington revealed limited evidence for late prehistoric settlement, but the principal discovery was the remains of a previously unknown high status medieval building complex. This is thought to have been a manor house and though heavily robbed, key elements identified include a hall
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Wessex Archaeology is one of the largest independent archaeological organisations in Britain. Its headquarters are in Salisbury, and its publications, reflecting its activities, are mostly concerned with fieldwork and excavations in the south and south-west. 
