ISBN-13: 9780956197450 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 315 str.
ISBN-13: 9780956197450 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 315 str.
Monograph 17, entitled The Oxford Henge and Late Saxon Massacre; with Medieval and Later Occupation at St John's College, Oxford, presents the results of archaeological excavations undertaken in at the College in 2008. These investigations in the heart of Oxford have dramatically altered our view of the prehistoric landscape, provided striking evidence of a massacre dating to around AD 1000, and shed light on the later occupation of the site: a suburb in the medieval period and later a farm. Click on the links to view the original news items detailing the discovery of the Saxon burials and the henge beneath the bodies.