Regional Perspectives on Neolithic Pit Deposition (Paperback)
Beyond the Mundane
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Series: Neolithic Studies Group Seminar Papers
Pages: 184
Illustrations: 74 b/w illus
ISBN: 9781842174685
Published: 14th December 2011
Script Academic
Series: Neolithic Studies Group Seminar Papers
Pages: 184
Illustrations: 74 b/w illus
ISBN: 9781842174685
Published: 14th December 2011
Script Academic
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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. Development-led archaeology, and the often very large areas its excavations expose, has simply revealed many more pits. The 15 papers in this volume explore these inter-related factors and present new thoughts and interpretations arising from new analysis of Neolithic pits and their contents.
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