Cornwall's Trans-Peninsular Route - Socio-Economic and Cultural Continuity across the Camel/Fowey Corridor: 'The Way of Saints' from the Roman period to AD 700

The Camel and Fowey rivers incise deeply into Cornwall, nearly meeting in the middle. This book is a landscape study of the Camel/Fowey corridor which forms a natural trans-peninsular portage route across Cornwall, avoiding circumnavigating the notoriously hazardous Land's End sea route. The author investigates the effect this route had on society through micro- and macro settlement studies involving an extensive programme of geophysical analysis. This has generated fresh insight into the socio-economic and continuity dynamics of this part of Cornwall, together with the interaction between Romans and the indigenous population. The findings explore socio-political influences in the Roman period and cultural continuity into the post-Roman period.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Borlase
• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781407354767
• ISBN: 978-1-4073-5476-7
• No. of pages: 182
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 297 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 716 g
• Series: BAR British; British Archaeological Reports British Series; BAR British Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)