Early Settlement in Histon & Impington – HIAG Talk
Early Settlement in Histon & Impington: A View from the Fields with Rob Noble, Histon & Impington Archaeology Group, on Monday 12th April 2021 at 7:30 pm
This talk will be followed by the HIAG AGM at 8.30pm.
Where, why, and how did our predecessors occupy the local landscape? The quintessential English village scene with its church, manor house and timber framed thatched cottages clustered at its core seems almost timeless. Yet the present organisation and location of our rural settlements is essentially of medieval origin, and from that period and later we can also draw on documentary evidence. But what do we know about the organisation of settlement and land use stretching back into pre-history? For this we must turn to archaeology.
This talk will review the methods which have been brought to bear on the archaeological study of the wider local landscape outside the present settled areas. These include field walking, ariel photography, and more recently, lidar imaging. It presents some of the accumulated evidence dating from the palaeolithic to the medieval periods, together with some new analysis and interpretation. It will discuss some of the probable influences on early settlement in the local area such as access to water and ground conditions.
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