| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 336 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Part I: Setting the scene. Enclosure and monumentality : hillforts in British and European late prehistory -- Castell Henllys in its temporal, cultural, and intellectual contexts -- Part II: The palisaded settlement. The palisade and entrance -- The interior : roundhouses, scoops, and activity areas -- A boundary in stones : the chevaux-de-frise -- The palisaded settlement : its size, character and environmental impact -- Part III: Ramparts and ditches. Previous research on hillfort ramparts and ditches -- Ramparts and ditches on the western side of the fort -- The building of a rampart : stratigraphy and action unpicked -- Encircling the promontory -- Ramparts and ditches : evidence and inference -- Part IV: The entrances. Crossing thresholds : entrances in stone -- Crossing thresholds : from monumental to non-monumental -- An epilogue : the late Roman or post-Roman refurbishment -- Part V: Conclusions. Context, function, meaning |
| Summary |
This volume provides the results of a 30-year excavation, reconstruction, and public interpretation campaign at the late prehistoric inland promontory settlement of Castell Henllys, here focusing on the defensive sequence and the role of monumentality in later prehistory. The site has international significance because of the extensive excavations of the Iron Age palisaded settlement and later earthen ramparts, complex gateway, and chevaux-de-frise of upright stones. It is now widely recognised that the Iron Age consisted of many regional cultural traditions, and the excavations at Castell Henllys provide a vital contrast to the well-known large hillfort communities in other parts of England and Wales as well as across Europe. As such, it is a unique window into a widespread but largely ignored site category and form of social and economic organisation. The publication will provide a case study for the construction and use of the earthworks of a major European late prehistoric settlement type - the Iron Age hillfort; the monumental construction is compared with other communal investments such as the Mississippian mounds. It will also offer an innovative form of site reporting, including alternative interpretations of the earthworks as either military defences or the community-binding symbols |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Iron age -- Wales -- Pembrokeshire
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Fortification, Prehistoric -- Wales -- Pembrokeshire
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Wales -- Pembrokeshire
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
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Droit.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Antiquities
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Fortification, Prehistoric
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Iron age
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| SUBJECT |
Castell Henllys Site (Wales)
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Pembrokeshire (Wales) -- Antiquities
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| Subject |
Wales -- Pembrokeshire
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781461480273 |
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1461480272 |
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1461480264 |
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9781461480266 |
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