East Midlands Historic Environment Research Framework: Updated Period Resource Assessment for the Later Bronze Age and Iron Age

This Assessment updates the one prepared twenty years ago for this formative period in the East Midlands. It aims to summarize the nature of the evidence for the first millennium BC as recorded and currently understood. A huge amount of data is now available as a result of concerted effort and investment. Part I outlines the manner of collection of this information, present challenges, and the variability of the record from across the region. Part II presents the information by chronological division, while Part III considers evidence categories. These components of the Resource hold the potential for addressing the Agenda and Strategy priorities of the Framework. This tripartite structure mirrors that of the original Assessment and thereby enables comparison between that document and the present statement. The opportunity has been taken to include a greater range of evidence types and detail, given the richness of the data now to hand.