| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 928 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| 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' |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Neolithic period -- England -- Northamptonshire
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- England -- Raunds
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Bronze age -- England -- Northamptonshire
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Bronze age
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Antiquities
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Neolithic period
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Northampton (England) -- History
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Raunds (England) -- Antiquities
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England -- Raunds
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England -- Northampton
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England -- Northamptonshire
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Harding, Jan, 1966-
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Healy, Frances.
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Allen, Aidan
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Raunds Area Project (England)
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English Heritage.
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| ISBN |
9781848021754 |
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1848021755 |
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