19th November 2014, 02:34 PM
That would be a fascinating observation.
Is it backed up by much radiocarbon dating?
I only ask (in my ignorance of that region) as there is going to be an explosion of 5th-9th century settlement sites in East/North Yorkshire soon due to a number of pipelines and radiocarbon dating showing that the handmade pottery that has been called Iron Age grot pot for years can be Anglo-Saxon in date and contexts with or without dateable Roman pottery need to be independantly dated or you miss the early medieval activity.
Funnily enough before this the only (major) excavated Anglo-Saxon settlement in the region was at West Heslerton!
Is it backed up by much radiocarbon dating?
I only ask (in my ignorance of that region) as there is going to be an explosion of 5th-9th century settlement sites in East/North Yorkshire soon due to a number of pipelines and radiocarbon dating showing that the handmade pottery that has been called Iron Age grot pot for years can be Anglo-Saxon in date and contexts with or without dateable Roman pottery need to be independantly dated or you miss the early medieval activity.
Funnily enough before this the only (major) excavated Anglo-Saxon settlement in the region was at West Heslerton!