Impinging on the Past

The prehistoric, Roman, and Anglo-Saxon periods were all represented in an excavation carried out in the centre of a Worcestershire village some time ago, but with results that can now be seen in new light because of all the archaeological work that has taken place since. A deep Iron Age ditch can be set in the context of enclosures revealed, mainly by air photography, of the gravel terraces in the river valleys of the Severn and Avon. The Romano-British skeletons form a small, elderly and hard-worked group, providing a contrast to the better-known large urban cemeteries. The growing of crops on an increasingly large scale has been demonstrated for the seventh to ninth centuries A.D., and at Fladbury the complex arrangements made to dry grain on what is known to have been a large and important estate show the resources put into feeding royal, aristocratic, and ecclesiastical households.

Perioadele preistorice, romane si anglo-saxone au fost toate reprezentate intr-o sapatura efectuata in centrul unui sat Worcestershire cu ceva timp in urma, dar cu rezultate care pot fi acum vazute intr-o noua lumina datorita tuturor lucrarilor arheologice care au avut loc de cand. Un sant adanc din epoca fierului poate fi amplasat in contextul unor incinte dezvaluite, in principal prin fotografierea aeriana, a teraselor de pietris din vaile raurilor Severn si Avon.