David A. Hinton (ed.). Purbeck papers.

David A. Hinton (ed.). Purbeck papers. (University of Souhtampton Department of Archaeology Monograph 4).ix+144 pages, 43 b&w figures, 1 colour figure, 1 table. 2002.Oxford: Oxbow; 1-84217-066-X paperback 24 [pounds sterling]. Prof. HINTON introduces six papers on the archaeology and historyof the distinctive Purbeck peninsula. Two of them are on the Medievaleconomic history. One on Post-Medieval field strips at Worth Matraversis complemented by D. McOmish's report on the earthworks earthworks:see land art. there,among which he discerns traces of `Celtic fields'. There is asubstantial report on excavation of an Iron Age and Roman settlement.There is a short paper on `Purbeck marble Purbeck Marble, or Purbeck Stone, is a hard semi-metamorphosed limestone, formed of shells of freshwater and brackish snails, which can be seen in cut slabs. The stone takes its name from the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsular in the English county of Dorset, where it is found. in Roman & medievalBritain'. Additional data are provided on the World Wide Web. Tempus has distinguished itself again, this time by bringing outthree books (details following) that, each and together, new light shedon important aspects of Roman Britain Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410. The Romans referred to their province as Britannia. . The discipline of presentingrecent thinking to a wide audience should benefit the profession aswell.