Between Peak and Plain: Excavations on a Multiperiod Site at Mellor, Stockport, 1998-2009

Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction – Peter Arrowsmith

Chapter 2: Methodology – Peter Arrowsmith and John Roberts

Chapter 3: The excavation – Peter Arrowsmith, Graham Eyre-Morgan, Stuart Holden, Peter Noble and John Roberts

Chapter 4: Lithic assemblage – A.M. Myers

Chapter 5: Prehistoric pottery – Christopher Cumberpatch with a contribution by Robert A. Ixer

Chapter 6: Romano-British coarse pottery – R.S. Leary

Chapter 7: Samian ware – Margaret Ward

Chapter 8: Medieval pottery – Christopher Cumberpatch with a contribution by Jane Young

Chapter 9: Cheshire briquetage – Elaine L. Morris

Chapter 10: Fired clay material – Elaine L. Morris

Chapter 11: Roman coins – David Shotter

Chapter 12: Metalwork – Christine Howard-Davis with contributions by Nick Herepath

Chapter 13: Medieval arrowheads – Geoff Gaunt and Sonia O’Connor

Chapter 14: Stone objects – John Cruse, Graham Eyre-Morgan and Peter Noble

Chapter 15: Oil shale and related material – Fraser Hunter

Chapter 16: Glass objects – Christine Howard-Davis with a contribution by Harriet Foster

Chapter 17: Metallurgical analysis – Roger C.P. Doonan and Heather Greybull with a contribution by David Dungworth

Chapter 18: Palaeoenvironmental material – Charlotte O’Brien, Tim Mighall, Helen Ranner and Lorne Elliott

Chapter 19: Conclusion: the site in context – Peter Arrowsmith, A.M. Myers and Peter Noble

Appendix 1: Medieval Mellor and Peak Forest – Peter Arrowsmith

Appendix 2: The later history of the site – John W.S. Hearle

Appendix 3: Clay tobacco pipes – David A. Higgins

Bibliography

About the Author

Peter Arrowsmith is a former deputy director of the University of Manchester Archaeological Unit. He holds a MA from the University of Oxford and PhD from the University of Manchester.