Regional perspectives on Neolithic pit deposition : beyond the mundane / edited by Hugo Anderson-Whymark and Julian Thomas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anderson-Whymark, Hugo.

Thomas, Julian, 1959-

Series:

Neolithic Studies Group seminar papers ; 12.

Neolithic Studies Group seminar papers ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Borrow pits--Great Britain--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Borrow pits.

Neolithic period--Great Britain--Congresses.

Neolithic period.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The rise to prominence of pits within narratives of the British and Irish Neolithic is well-documented in recent literature. Pits have been cropping up in excavations for centuries, resulting in a very broad spectrum of interpretations but three main factors have led to the recent change in our perception and representation of these features: a broad shift in people's expectations as to what a Neolithic settlement should be; the development of the concept of 'structured deposition', within which pits have played a key role; and a dramatic rise in the number of pits actually known about. Develo

Contents:

Cover; Foreword by Kenneth Brophy and Timothy Darvill; Preface and acknowledgements; List of contributors; 1. Introduction: beyond the mundane?; 2. Breaking ground: an overview of pits and pit-digging in Neolithic Ireland; 3. Sounds from the underground: Neolithic ritual pits and pit-clusterson the Isle of Man and beyond; 4. Deposition on a Neolithic settlement site at Green, Isle of Eday, Orkney; 5. Big pit, little pit, big pit, little pit...: pit practices in Western Scotlandin the 4th millennium BC; 6. Within and beyond pits: deposition in lowland Neolithic Scotland

7. Social structures: pits and depositional practice in Neolithic Northumberland8. Preservation and the pit problem: some examplesfrom the Middle Trent Valley; 9. Social fabrics: people and pots at Earlier Neolithic Kilverstone, Norfolk; 10. Pits, pots and plant remains: trends in Neolithic depositionin Carmarthenshire, South Wales; 11. Place, presencing and pits in the Neolithic of the Severn-Wye region; 12. Totemism and food taboos in the Early Neolithic: a feast of roe deerat the Coneybury 'Anomaly', Wiltshire, Southern Britain

13. Neolithic to early Bronze Age pit deposition practicesand the temporality of occupation in the Thames Valley14. Domesticity in the Neolithic: excavations at Kingsmead Quarry,Horton, Berkshire; 15. Concluding discussion: pits and perspective

Notes:

Proceedings of a seminar.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-84217-707-9

OCLC:

831118128