Roberts, D. et al. (2017) The early field systems of the Stonehenge landscape. Landscapes, 18(2), pp. 120-140. (doi: 10.1080/14662035.2018.1429719)
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Abstract
Recent survey, excavation and analysis in the Stonehenge World Heritage Site (WHS) during 2015 and 2016 has revealed new details of landscape structuration and the deposition of the dead during the Middle Bronze Age. The research reported here demonstrates the existence of early fields or enclosures in the eastern part of the WHS, that was previously thought to be an area of little agricultural or domestic activity in the Bronze Age. These features were succeeded by a major ditch system in which two individuals were buried, an unusual way of dealing with the dead in the Middle Bronze Age. At the same time, the body of a perinatal infant was deposited in a palisade ditch in the western part of the WHS. The paper explores how these actions help elucidate a period of significant change in the landscape around Stonehenge, during which natural features, ancestral monuments and the recent dead were enmeshed in complex ways of bounding and dividing the landscape.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Archaeology, geography, planning and development, history, nature and landscape conservation. |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Dunbar, Dr Elaine |
| Authors: | Roberts, D., Last, J., Linford, N., Bedford, J., Bishop, B., Dobie, J., Dunbar, E., Forward, A., Linford, P., Marshall, P., Mays, S., Payne, A., Pelling, R., Reimer, P., Russell, M., Soutar, S., Valdez-Tullett, A., Vallender, J., and Worley, F. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre |
| Journal Name: | Landscapes |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| ISSN: | 1466-2035 |
| ISSN (Online): | 2040-8153 |
| Published Online: | 22 February 2018 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2018 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in Landscapes 18(2):120-140 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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