The Shapwick Project was a ten-year-long landscape archaeology program set in Somerset county of southwest England, intensively studying the town of Shapwick and the surrounding fields: Interpreting the English Village is the public archaeology text reporting the findings, newly published this year.
Cover art for Interpreting the English Village courtesy Oxbow Books and The David Brown Book Company
The nearly 500-page text boasts at least 250 full color images, including maps, drawings, and photographs of the excavations and artifacts. The writing is engaging and informative, and, all and all, I found the book a terrifically entertaining way to learn about English history and prehistory, and a fine example of what modern landscape archaeology should look like.
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Sounds fascinating! I immediately clicked on “Compare Prices” and found out that this is an expensive book at $36.50, but I think I’ll take a deep breath and buy.