Bath : a study of settlement around the sacred hot springs from the mesolithic to the 17th century AD : an archaeological assessment

AcknowledgementsList of figuresPart 11.1 Background and historical overview1.2 The purpose and scope of this study1.3 The topography of Bath and the surrounding area1.4 The history of archaeological research in Bath1.5 The nature of the evidencePart 2: The archaeological evidence2.1 Early prehistoric period (8500–1000 BC)2.2 The Late Bronze Age and Iron Age (1000 BC–AD 43)2.3 The Romano-British period (1st–4th centuries)2.4 The post-Roman period (5th–mid-7th centuries)2.5 Saxon Bath (late 7th–late 11th centuries)2.6 The medieval period2.7 Bath in the 17th centuryPart 3: Synthesis and assessment3.1 Introduction3.2 The current state of knowledge and understanding3.3 Assessment of importance and potential: a research agenda3.4 Period-based research issues3.5 Thematic research issues