Keyword: Early Neolithic

Neolithic Timber Halls and a Bronze Age Settlement with Hoard at Carnoustie, Angus

Beverley Ballin Smith et al.

Carnoustie excavations revealed Scotland’s longest early Neolithic timber hall, with evidence of continuity in building traditions. Later Neolithic pits suggest social change. After early Bronze Age abandonment, roundhouses emerged, ending with a rare metalwork hoard buried nearby. READ MORE

Hardback: £80.00

Des sépultures aux sociétés : Inégalités économiques et hiérarchies dans la plaine d’Alsace au Néolithique ancien et moyen (5 300 à 4 000 av. n. è.)

Laura Waldvogel

This study re-evaluates Neolithic funerary practices in the Alsace plain (5300–4000 BC), using an expanded burial corpus and comparative analysis rooted in social anthropology. It challenges assumptions of egalitarianism by identifying differentiated burial wealth and proposes socially segmented groups with male-dominated economic roles. READ MORE

Hardback: £90.00 | Open Access

In the Shadow of Segsbury

Paulo Guarino et al.

Ephemeral traces of Mesolithic and Neolithic activity, including a possible Neolithic timber structure, were found. The remains of a probable Late Bronze Age pit alignment were also found. Small Iron Age settlements comprising roundhouses, pits, and burials were revealed. One burial in a pit had been subjected to unusual treatment. READ MORE

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Living Near the Edge

Jonathan Hart et al.

Archaeological work along the Wormington to Sapperton Gas Pipeline revealed new sites from the Neolithic to medieval periods, including prehistoric pits and burials, Iron Age and Roman settlements, Anglo-Saxon boundary graves, and medieval buildings, enriching understanding of life on the western Cotswold margins. READ MORE

Paperback: £21.95

Excavations on the Wormington to Tirley Pipeline, 2000

Laurent Coleman et al.

Geophysical and cropmark evidence has been used to enhance interpretation of the excavated 'slices' across these sites, revealing a changing pattern of human activity and density of settlement from the Mesoltihic to the medieval period. READ MORE

Paperback: £14.95

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