Defining spaces in Iron Age Northumberland : excavations at Morley Hill and Lower Callerton / edited by Josh Gaunt, Claire Christie, Candy Hatherley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gaunt, Josh, editor.

Christie, Claire, editor.

Hatherley, Candy, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--England--Northumberland.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Iron age--England--Northumberland.

Iron age.

Northumberland (England)--Antiquities.

Northumberland (England).

Antiquities.

England--Northumberland.

Physical Description:

vi, 152 pages : illustrations (colour), maps, plans ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Havertown, PA : Oxbow Books, 2023.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction

Morley Hill and Lower Callerton: discovery and excavation

Archaeological background

Research aims and objectives

Monograph structure and conventions

2. Earlier prehistoric activity at Morley Hill and Lower Callerton

Morley Hill

Lower Callerton

Earlier prehistoric finds

The palaeoenvironmental assemblage

Prehistoric pits and hidden features

3. The Iron Age settlements at Morley Hill

Morley Hill Enclosure 2

Morley Hill Enclosure 1

Morley Hill Enclosure 3

Unenclosed settlement

The finds assemblage

The palaeoenvironmental evidence

4. The Iron Age settlements at Lower Callerton

Phase 1 Pre-Enclosure Settlement

Phase 2 Enclosed Settlement

Phase 3 Additional Enclosure

Unphased features

Radiocarbon dating and chronological modelling

5. Discussion

Rectilinear enclosures: Morley Hill

Extensive enclosed settlements: Lower Callerton

Settlement scale, distribution and wider connections

Settlement in the age of enclosure

The decline of Iron Age settlement

The legacy of Iron Age Northumberland.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781789258561

1789258561

OCLC:

1346489946