Neolithic and Bronze Age Settlement at Oversley Farm, Styal, Cheshire

The detailed report of excavations undertaken at Oversley Farm (on the edge of Styal, in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England) in advance of the construction of Manchester AirportÆs second runway in 1997-8. Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The Neolithic period; Chapter 3: The Early Bronze Age; Chapter 4: The Later Prehistoric Period; Chapter 5: The Romano-British Period; Chapter 6: The Medieval Period; Chapter 7: The Post-Medieval Period; Appendix A: the Prehistoric pottery fabric types; Appendix B: a note on the lithics analysis; Appendix C: the residue analysis of the pottery; Appendix D: the Palaeoenvironmental analysis; Appendix E: the industrial residues; Appendix F: the petrology of the lithics.