The Harmony of Symbols : The Windmill Hill causewayed enclosure, Wiltshire / A. W. R. Whittle, Joshua Pollard, Caroline Grigson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whittle, A. W. R., author.

Grigson, Caroline, author.

Pollard, Joshua, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 404 pages)

Other Title:

Harmony of Symbols

Place of Publication:

Oxbow Books 1999

Oakville, CT. : Oxbow Books, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Three circuits of ditches comprise the Windmill Hill enclosure, which was re-examined in 1988. This text sets out detailed results arranged by category and theme, and evidence is presented covering soils, land snails, plant remains, charcoals, pollen, amphibian and small mammal remains.

Contents:

Radiocarbon dates

1. History of research and the 1988 excavations

2. The layout of the enclosure: earthwork and geophysical survey

3. The Keiller excavations

4. The 1988 excavations

5. Radiocarbon dating

6. Soils

7. Land Mollusca

8. Charred plant remains

9. The charcoal assemblages

10. Pollen analysis

11. The mammalian remains

12. Small vertebrate bone

13. Pottery

14. Flint

15. Other finds

16. Human remains

17. Interpretations

18. The harmony of symbols: wider meanings.

Notes:

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxbow Books, viewed March 23, 2023).

ISBN:

9781789256482

1789256488