Prehistoric settlement and agriculture on the Eastern Moors of the Peak District.

The project is a study of soil erosion within the cairnfields on the Eastern Moors of
Derbyshire. A range of Archaeological features and natural sedimentary sequences
were excavated in the search for eroded sediments. The erosion evident at these
features was dated by means of radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence
dating. Contrary to previous assumptions as to the scale of erosion in later
prehistory, which maintain that this was a severe problem, it is concluded that the
evidence indicates a low degree of erosion for the Bronze Age. Erosion is concluded
to have increased from the Iron Age with the establishment of extensive pasture land.