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TRISANTONA RIVERS: A LANDSCAPE APPROACH TO THE INTERPRETATION OF RIVER NAMES
Author(s) -
COLES B.J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0092.1994.tb00046.x
Subject(s) - interpretation (philosophy) , character (mathematics) , toponymy , archaeology , history , geography , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , geometry
Summary. Etymological conclusions from river names are notoriously inconclusive. An alternative approach is to explore possible consistencies in the character or use of rivers with names of similar origin in a given area. This paper examines examples of the British river‐name Trisantona (Trent, Tarrant, etc.), and pursues suggestions that the name indicates a thoroughfare or route used in early times.