A Neolithic and bronze age landscape in Northamptonshire. Volume 2 : the Raunds area project / edited by Jan Harding and Frances Healy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harding, Jan, 1966- editor.

Healy, Frances, editor.

Series:

English Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neolithic period--England.

Neolithic period.

Historic sites--England.

Historic sites.

Northampton (England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (976 p.)

Place of Publication:

United Kingdom : Liverpool University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Raunds Area Project investigated more than 20 Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in the Nene Valley. From c 5000 BC to the early 1st millennium cal BC a succession of ritual mounds and burial mounds were built as settlement along the valley sides increased and woodland was cleared. Starting as a regular stopping-place for flint knapping and domestic tasks, first the Long Mound, and then Long Barrow, the north part of the Turf Mound and the Avenue were built in the 5th millennium BC. With the addition of the Long Enclosure, the Causewayed Ring Ditch, and the Southern Enclosure, there

Contents:

Front cover; Prelims; Half title; Frontispiece; Title page; Contents; Illustrations; Tables; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Summary; Résumé; Zusammernfassung; Irthlingborough Island site atlas; Fig SS1.1; Fig SS1.2; Fig SS1.3; Fig SS1.4; Fig SS1.5; A note on radiocarbon dates; SS1 Structural evidence; SS1.1 The Long Mound; SS1.2 The Avenue; SS1.3 The Turf Mound; SS1.4 The Long Barrow; SS1.5 The Long Enclosure; SS1.6 The Causewayed Ring Ditch; SS1.7 The Southern Enclosure; SS1.8 The Riverside Structure; SS1.9 The Ditched Enclosure; SS1.10 The Cotton 'Henge'

SS1.11 The Segmented Ditch CircleSS1.12 Barrow 1; SS1.13 Barrow 2; SS1.14 Barrow 3; SS1.15 Barrow 4; SS1.16 Barrow 5; SS1.17 Barrow 6; SS1.18 Barrow 7; SS1.19 Barrow 8; SS1.20 Barrow 9; SS1.21 The Double Ring Ditch; SS1.22 Minor and non-structural prehistoric features; SS1.23 Field systems and related structures; SS2 Viewshed analysis; SS3 Artefacts; SS3.1 Introduction; SS3.2 Artefact conservation; SS3.3 Metalwork; SS3.4 Jet, shale and amber; SS3.5 Worked bone and antler; SS3.6 Woodworking at the Long Barrow; SS3.7 Lithics; SS3.8 Pottery; SS4 Environmental Evidence; SS4.1 Introduction

SS4.2 Palynological analysis of organic sedimentsSS4.3 Waterlogged plant and insect remains; SS4.4 Molluscs; SS4.5 Charred plant remains and charcoal; SS4.6 Animal bone; SS4.7 Human Remains; SS4.8 Soils and sediments; SS5 The Neolithic and early Bronze Age archaeology of the Raunds area investigated by geophysical survey; SS5.1 Introduction; SS5.2 Methods; SS5.3 Results; SS5.4 Some overall conclusions; SS6 Absolute Chronology; SS6.1 Introduction; SS6.2 Radiocarbon analysis and quality assurance; SS6.3 Results; SS6.4 Calibration; SS6.5 Analysis; SS6.6 Interpretation; SS6.7 Overview

SS7 AppendicesSS8 The archive; Endmatter; References; Fold-out illustrations; Fig SS1.9; Fig SS1.13; Fig SS1.82; Fig SS1.113; Fig SS1.114; Fig SS1.115; Fig SS1.116; Fig SS1.135; Fig SS1.138; Fig SS1.145; Fig SS1.146; Fig SS1.162; Fig SS1.164; Fig SS1.203; Fig SS1.205; Imprint

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-84802-175-5

OCLC:

851970455