Exchange and Ritual at the Riverside. Late Bronze Age Life in the Lower Witham Valley at Washingborough, Lincolnshire, 2009. -

Late Bronze Age waterlogged remains were first investigated at Washingborough back in 1973, but thirty-one years then passed before flood alleviation works by the Environment Agency prompted renewed interest in the area. This monograph explores Late Bronze Age life in a liminal zone, where periodic, ceremonial gatherings took place on the north bank of the river, involving metalworking, brewing, manufacturing, feasting and exchange. These activities were important for the forging of often far-reaching social relationships, and they appear only to have shifted when water levels rose in the latest phases of the Late Bronze Age.