Written by Peter Ellis, Gary Coates, Richard Cuttler and Catharine Mould
A report on four pieces of fieldwork undertaken in Cambridgeshire (Pode Hole Farm, Paston, Longstanton, Bassingbourn) in 1996 and 1997. Pode Hole Farm provided Bronze Age to Romano-British material; Paston Romano-British; Longstanton Late Saxon and Medieval; and Bassingbourn Saxon and Medieval. Each has a similar format and layout, starting with a review of the processes leading up to the fieldwork and an outline of the methods used followed by acknowlegements. In the case of three of the excavations, an historical and documentary section follows which summarizes the known data before excavation began and provides a necessary historical background. In a general concluding discussion some points are considered from the excavations and the results are set within their county context.

Peter Ellis is the co-founder of the Society Alliance, a campaiging organisation promoting a societal economy and Homes within Homes, an organisation advocating the use of our existing housing stock to create affordable tenancies.He is a political thinker and campaigner, who after spending several years as a councillor in the mid-1980s has developed increasingly radical, yet inclusive solutions to the social and economic problems of the modern age. He writes as a father, seeking a better future for younger and future generations.His is a unique message saying we must challenge legacy, the bi-partisan economics of capitalism and socialism and embrace a more humane and democratic, plural economy, which places the individual and society at the heart of our decision making and politics.