Table of Contents

Introduction
Archaeology in England
Prehistory
Romano-British Times
After the Empire
Visiting archaeological sites
How to use this guide
1: Northumbria
2: Lake District and the North West
3: Yorkshire and the Humber Basin
4: East Midlands
5: The midlands Plain and Welsh Borders
6: East Anglia
7: The Chilterns and Northampton uplands
8: Cotswolds and upper Thames Valley
9: London
10: The Weald and Downlands of South-East England
11: Wessex and the West Country
12: The South - West Peninsular
Reference Section
Chronological Summary
Glossary of key terms, acronyms, and abbreviations
Suggestions for further reading
Museums and heritage interpretation centres
Useful addresses and internet sites
Sites listed by archaeological period
Sites listed by region
Alphabetical index of sites
General index

About the Author

Timothy Darvill is Professor of Archaeology in the School of Conservation Sciences at Bournemouth University. The author of over a dozen books, including Prehistoric Britain (Routledge, 1998) and Prehistoric Britain from the Air (CUP, 1996), he has served as Chairman of the Institute of Field Archaeologists and a Member of the Council of the National Trust.

Jane Timby is a freelance arcaheological consultant specializing in later prehistoric, Roman, and Saxon pottery. She has published numerous articles and specialist studies and was the author of The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Empingham II, Rutland (Oxbow Books, 1996) and Excavations at Kingscote and Wycomb, Gloucestershire (Cotswold Archaeological Trust, 1998).

Paul Stamper is an Inspector of Ancient Monuments for English Heritage, working in the west midlands. Formerly he was involved with the compilation of the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens in England. Before 1993 he was an editor with the Victoria County History of Shropshire. He has published widely on landscape history, and has served as Secretary of the Society for Medieval Archaeology.