Enclosing the Past - Inside and Outside in Prehistory (Volume 15) - Anthony Harding
Enclosure in Iron Age Wessex Viewed from Modern Ávila
Enclosing the Past - Inside and Outside in Prehistory (Volume 15) - Anthony Harding
John R. Collis [+]
University of Sheffield
John Collis is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield
Description
This article contrasts two areas, one in southern England which has been progressively enclosed since the Bronze Age, the other in central Spain which has largely remained unenclosed; indeed, is still undergoing the process. The nature and circumstances of enclosure are contrasted and on the evidence of how the Spanish landscape is utilised, some traditional interpretations are queried of how the prehistoric and Roman landscape of Wessex functioned.