Dorstone Hill: a Neolithic timescape

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

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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:	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

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