Ray, Keith, Thomas, Julian, Overton, Nick, Griffiths, Seren, Hoverd, Tim, Allen, Michael J., Barclay, Alistair, Birchenall, Julie, Challinor, Dana, French, Charley, Healey, Elizabeth, Ixer, Rob, Roseveare, Anne, Roseveare, Martin, Rovira, Irene Garcia, Stanford, Adam and Wiltshire, Isabel
2023.
Dorstone Hill: a Neolithic timescape.
Antiquity
97
(394)
, pp. 869-886.
10.15184/aqy.2023.93
|
Preview |
PDF
- Published Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution. Download (2MB) | Preview |
Abstract
Studies of early fourth-millennium BC Britain have typically focused on the Early Neolithic sites of Wessex and Orkney; what can the investigation of sites located in areas beyond these core regions add? The authors report on excavations (2011–2019) at Dorstone Hill in Herefordshire, which have revealed a remarkable complex of Early Neolithic monuments: three long barrows constructed on the footprints of three timber buildings that had been deliberately burned, plus a nearby causewayed enclosure. A Bayesian chronological model demonstrates the precocious character of many of the site's elements and strengthens the evidence for the role of tombs and houses/halls in the creation and commemoration of foundational social groups in Neolithic Britain.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > History, Archaeology and Religion |
| Publisher: | Antiquity Publications |
| ISSN: | 0003-598X |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 12 March 2024 |
| Date of Acceptance: | 21 December 2022 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Mar 2024 15:27 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/167122 |
Actions (repository staff only)
 |
Edit Item |
Altmetric
Altmetric