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Richard Chambers has also recorded many Sites on his own such as at
Lower Home Close, Bicester and 27 Market Square, Witney. He also
conducted further trial work at the deserted medieval hamlet of Slape
in Glympton parish, and carried out further work at Moat Cottage,
Kidlington with the Kidlington and District Historical Society.
Side by side with the excavation projects the writing up of reports
remains a major activity of Unit staff. During the year George
Lambrick has continued to analyse the multi-period material from ARC's
Mount Farm pit at Berinsfield; John Hinchliffe, assisted by Roger Thomas,
was given leave from the DoE Central Excavation Unit to virtually
complete the report on his excavation of the Iron Age and Roman site
at ARC's Appleford pits; Tim Allen and Mark Robinson, helped by Duncan
Wilson, have begun work on the preparation of the report on the Iron
Age site at ARC Hardwick pit. David Miles' report on the villa at
Barton Court Farm, Abingdon took further steps towards completion.
This report may break new 'ground for the Unit, since it is intended
that much of the report will take the form of microfiche. Nicholas
Palmer Ms continued to complete the report on the medieval tenements
at the Hamel, Oxford, while Maureen Mellor has virtually finished the
primary sorting of the backlog of medieval pottery from Oxford. Brian
Durham has continued with his report on All Saints Church in the High
Street. Wendy Page has continued as the Unit's draughtsperson. She
drew Figures 3435,37,39,41,42,411 and L5 . Eleanor Beard has produced
most of the drawings from the Oxford sites, including Figure 39of this
report. Figures50. and 51 were drawn by Jeff Wallis. The remainder
of the figures were drawn by Richard Chambers. Heather Bird drew
Figure 47.
Actual reports on 'Roman Burials at Dorchester on Thames' by
David Miles, George Lambrick and Trevor Rowley, and the Charlbury-
Arncott Gas Pipeline by Richard Chambers appeared in Oxoniensia, XLIII,
1978. The main report to be published during the year was, however,
George Lambrick and Mark Robinson's Iron Aae and Roman riverside
settlements at Farmoor. Oxfordshire CBA,Research Report 32, 1979.
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The Farmoor report once again emphasises the importance of
environmental archaeology to the Unit. Mark Robinson and Bob Wilson
continue to work respectively on waterlogged beetle and plant remains
and bones from the Unit's excavations. As foreshadowed in last year's
report the DoE is anxious to see a separate Environmental Centre
established at Oxford. As a first step the environmentalists are now
separately costed within the Unit and financed out of a separate
Ancient Monuments Laboratory grant. John Musty of DoE has also joined
the Committee to represent the Laboratory interests. However, it is
envisaged that the environmentalists will be established as .a quite
separate entity probably based in the University Museum.
The Unit continues to be involved with public education at a
number of different levels. An open day was held at Chalgrove. Over
600 adults accompanied by numerous children attended. The success
of the day owed much to the hard work of Anne Cookson, an in-service
trainee with the Oxford University Department for External Studies.
The Director and other members of the staff continued to lecture to
various groups and societies both locally and nationally. David Miles
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