Proceedings - Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society; 5

Proceedings - Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society; 5
Author: Dorset Natural History and Archaeolog
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2021-09-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781014418326

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Hillforts and the Durotriges

Hillforts and the Durotriges
Author: Dave Stewart
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2017-11-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1784917168

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This volume sets out the results of a detailed programme of non-intrusive geophysical survey conducted across hillforts of Dorset (UK), generating detailed subsurface maps of archaeological features, in the hope of better resolving the phasing, form and internal structure of these iconic sites.

Huntsman’s Quarry, Kemerton

Huntsman’s Quarry, Kemerton
Author: Robin Jackson
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2015-12-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1782979972

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Archaeological investigations at Huntsman’s Quarry, Kemerton, south Worcestershire during 1995-6 recorded significant Late Bronze Age occupation areas and field systems spreading across more than 8 hectares. Limited evidence for Upper Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Beaker activity was also recovered together with an Early Bronze Age ring-ditch. Waterholes and associated round-houses, structures and pits were set within landscape of fields and droveways radiocarbon dated to the 12th–11th centuries cal BC. Elements of this field system probably predated the settlement. Substantial artifactual and ecofactual assemblages were recovered from the upper fills of the waterholes and larger pits . The settlement had a predominantly pastoral economy supported by some textile and bronze production. Ceramics included a notable proportion of non-local fabrics demonstrating that the local population enjoyed a wide range of regional contacts. Wider ranging, national exchange networks were also indicated by the presence of shale objects as well as the supply of bronze for metalworking, perhaps indicative of a site of some social status. Together the evidence indicates a small settlement within which occupation of individual areas was short-lived with the focus of the settlement shifting on a regular basis. It is proposed that this occurred on a generational basis, with each generation setting up a new ‘homestead’ with an associated waterhole. The settlement can be compared favorably to those known along the Thames Valley but until now not recognized in this part of the country. Cropmark evidence and limited other investigations indicate that the fields and droveways recorded represent a small fragment of a widespread system of boundaries established across the gravel terraces lying between Bredon Hill and the Carrant Brook. This managed and organized landscape appears to have been established for the maintenance of an economy primarily based on relatively intensive livestock farming; the trackways facilitating seasonal movement of stock between meadows alongside the Carrant Brook, the adjacent terraces and the higher land on Bredon Hill.

Ritual in Early Bronze Age Grave Goods

Ritual in Early Bronze Age Grave Goods
Author: John Hunter
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Total Pages: 593
Release: 2014-10-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1782976957

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The exotic and impressive grave goods from burials of the ‘Wessex Culture’ in Early Bronze Age Britain are well known and have inspired influential social and economic hypotheses, invoking the former existence of chiefs, warriors and merchants and high-ranking pastoralists. Alternative theories have sought to explain the how display of such objects was related to religious and ritual activity rather than to economic status, and that groups of artefacts found in certain graves may have belonged to religious specialists. This volume is the result of a major research that aimed to investigate Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age grave goods in relation to their possible use as special dress accessories or as equipment employed within ritual activities and ceremonies. Many items of adornment can be shown to have formed elements of elaborate costumes, probably worn by individuals, both male and female, who held important ritual roles within society. Furthermore, the analysis has shown that various categories of object long interpreted as mundane types of tool were in fact items of bodily adornment or implements used in ritual contexts, or in the special embellishment of the human body. Although never intended to form a complete catalogue of all the relevant artefacts from England the volume provides an extensive, and intensively illustrated, overview of a large proportion of the grave goods from English burial sites.

Castles and Landscapes

Castles and Landscapes
Author: O. H. Creighton
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd.
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2005
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781904768678

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This paperback edition of a book first published in hardback in 2002 is a fascinating and provocative study which looks at castles in a new light, using the theories and methods of landscape studies.

Archaeology, Economy and Society

Archaeology, Economy and Society
Author: David A. Hinton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2002-03-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1134660146

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Many books have been written on particular aspects of medieval archaeology, or on particular parts of the period, but synthesis across the whole spectrum has not been attempted before. The aim of this book is to examine the contribution that archaeology can make to an understanding of the social, economic, religious and other developments that took place in England from the migrations of the fifth and sixth centuries to the beginning of the Renaissance, showing how society and economy evolved in that time-span. Drawing on the latest available material, the book takes a chronological approach to the archaeological material of the post-Roman period in order to emphasize the changes that can be observed in the physical evidence and some of the reasons for them that can be suggested. The environment in which people functioned and how they expressed themselves - for example in their houses and burial practices, their pottery and their clothes - show how they were constrained by social customs and economic pressures.

Late Roman Handmade Grog-Tempered Ware Producing Industries in South East Britain

Late Roman Handmade Grog-Tempered Ware Producing Industries in South East Britain
Author: Malcolm Lyne
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2016-01-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1784912387

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This publication deals with the Late Roman handmade grog tempered ware industries of East Sussex, the Hampshire basin, East Kent and West Kent, presenting corpora for these various wares.