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British Archaeology

Carving a Future for British Rock Art: New Directions for Research, Management and Presentation
edited by Tertia Barnett and Kate Sharpe
Over the last few years, the ways in which we perceive and document rock art have shifted irreversibly. Prehistoric rock art played little part in the development of British and Irish archaeology and was not recognised until the 19th century, when its equivalents in Scandinavia and the Iberian Peninsula were already well known. Previously considered a fringe activity and the work of amateur archaeologists, over the last 30 years the situation has ...
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A Tale of the Unknown Unknowns: A Mesolithic Pit Alignment and a Neolithic Timber Hall at Warren Field, Crathes, Aberdeenshire
by Hilary K. Murray, J. Charles Murray, and Shannon M. Fraser
The site of Warren Field in Scotland revealed two unusual and enigmatic features; an alignment of pits and a large, rectangular feature interpreted as a timber building. Excavations confirmed that the timber structure was an early Neolithic building and that the pits had been in use from the Mesolithic. This report details the excavations and reveals that the hall was associated with the storage and or consumption of cereals, including bread ...
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The Archaeology of the West Midlands: A Framework for Research
edited by Sarah Watt
The West Midlands is a region of geographical, topographical and geological contrasts, forming disparate landscapes that are reflected in the nature and diversity of its rich archaeology. This ranges from evidence of its prehistory to the important industrial heritage of its major conurbations. This book represents an attempt by the region's archaeologists to draw these varying archaeological landscapes together to produce a research framework ...
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Anglesey: Past Landscapes of the Coast
photography by Mick Sharp and Jean Williamson, text by Frances Lynch
The dramatic and stunning Welsh coastal landscapes of the island of Anglesey are documented in this beautiful pictorial record of the history of Anglesey's coast, from prehistoric times to the present day. The fact that Anglesey is an island has been crucial to its history, its coast the scene of prehistoric fishing and oyster catching, Neolithic tombs and Bronze Age round barrows, Roman influenced villas, Irish incursions, a Norman motte and the ...
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Archaeology and Environment in Northumberland: Till-Tweed Studies Volume 2
David G. Passmore and Clive Waddington, with contributions by Tim Gates and Peter Marshall
Eventful, influential and absorbing, the early history of Northumberland is a fascinating story that has rarely been brought together under one cover. In this authoritative historical account, the authors bring to bear a huge quantity of old and new data and craft it into an in-depth synthesis. The authors deliver this history in chronological order from a perspective that places human activity and environment at its core. The narrative extends ...
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From Machair to Mountains: Archaeological Survey And Excavation in South Uist
by Michael Parker Pearson
South Uist in the Outer Hebrides has some of the best preserved archaeological remains within Britain and even further afield. Three distinct ecological zones - grassland machair plain, peaty blackland and mountains - each bear the imprint of human occupation over many millennia. The machair strip, long uninhabited, is filled with hundreds of settlement mounds, occupied from the Beaker period 4,000 years ago until a few centuries ago. The ...
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Beyond the Core: Reflections on Regionality in Prehistory
edited by Andy M Jones and Graeme Kirkham
This volume explores the idea of regionally-based archaeologies across the British Isles which are not necessarily defined by modern political boundaries or through comparisons with regions such as Wessex and Orkney. In the past these intensively studied areas have often been assumed to represent the 'typical' - other areas with apparently different narratives have generally been labelled 'peripheral' and their diversity and distinctiveness ...
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The Archaeology of The Upper City and Adjacent Suburbs
by Kate Steane, with Margaret J Darling, Michael J Jones, Jenny Mann, Alan Vince, and Jane Young
This volume contains reports on sites excavated in the upper walled city at Lincoln and adjacent suburbs between 1972 and 1987. The project included large-scale excavations which yielded some stunning finds and revealed considerable information about several periods of the city's history. Each site is described in turn, incorporating stratigraphic, artefactual and environmental information, and the common threads are brought together in a general ...
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The Lockington Gold Hoard: Excavations at the Early Bronze Age cemetery at Lockington, Leicestershire
edited by Gwilym Hughes
This report details the results of excavations within an early Bronze Age barrow cemetery in 1994. The barrow provided a rare opportunity for examining in detail Bronze Age funerary practices and associated ritual activity in a lowland context in the English Midlands. In addition, a rich group of metalwork finds was discovered - two gold armlets and a copper dagger. The evidence at Lockington poses some interesting questions - why were there ...
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The Thames through Time: The Archaeology of the Gravel Terraces of the Upper and Middle Thames. The Formation and Changing Environment of the Thames Valley and Early Human Occupation to 1500 BC
by Tony Morigi, Danielle Schreve and Mark White (Part 1), Gill Hey, Paul Garwood, Mark Robinson, Alistair Barclay and Philippa Bradley (Part 2)
A review of the rich and diverse evidence for understanding past climate and environmental change in the Thames Valley, and the effects on plant and animal populations and the challenges and opportunities these presented to early humans. Part 1 of this volume covers the Pleistocene, the epoch of the Ice Ages, in an integrated review of the geological, palaeontological and archaeological data for the last half million years and more. Part 2 takes ...
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