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1 online resource (278 pages) |
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Routledge library editions. Archaeology ; volume 25 |
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Routledge library editions. Archaeology ; volume 25
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; PREFACE; Purpose of the Book; INTRODUCTION; The Bronze Age in Southern Britain; Ritual: its Nature and Influence; 1 A BARROW IN NORTH WALES-Neolithic-Bronze Age Transition, c. 1700 B.C., and Secondaries; Ysceifiog, Flintshire; 2 (a) FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY IN WEST WALES, 1925-6; A Barrow on Kilpaison Burrows, Rhoscrowther, Pembrokeshire; Corston Beacon, Pembrokeshire: A Round Cairn; A Cist at Crosshands, Llanboidy, Carmarthenshire |
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Beaker Burial: Pale Bach, Cyffig, Carmarthenshire(b) POTTERY FROM BURIALS IN WEST AND NORTH WALES, 1925-6; A Handled Beaker from Cwm-du, Brecknockshire; Two 'Food-Vessels' from Welsh Barrows; Middle Bronze Age Pottery: Overhanging-rim Urns and 'Pigmy' Cups; Late Bronze Age Pottery: 'Encrusted' Urns: All from burials in Wales; 3 BARROW-DIGGING IN WEST AND SOUTH WALES-Early Bronze Age (Beaker Phase); South Hill Barrow, Talbenny, Pembrokeshire, c. 1550 B.C.; Sutton 268', Llandow, Glamorgan, c. 1600 B.C.; 4 THE 'FOOD-VESSEL' PHASE OF CULTURE IN BRITAIN |
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Quernhow, a Barrow in the North Riding of Yorkshire, c. 1500 B.C. Simondston Cairn, Coity Higher Parish, Bridgend, Glamorgan, c. 1400 B.C.; 5 COMPOSITE (EARTH AND STONE) BARROWS IN GLAMORGAN-Early and Middle Bronze Age; Breach Farm, Llanbleddian, Glamorgan, c. 1350 B.C.; Sutton 268', Llandow, Glamorgan: Secondaries c. 1300-900 B.C.; Pond Cairn, Coity, Glamorgan, c. 1100 B.C.; 6 TURF BARROWS IN SOUTH WALES-Middle and Late Bronze Age; Introduction; Sheeplays 293', c. 1000 B.C.; Sheeplays 279', c. 900 B.C.; Six Wells 267', c. 900 B.C.; Six Wells 271', c. 700 B.C.; Mortuary Houses in Turf Barrows |
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7 COMMENTARYBIBLIOGRAPHY; INDICES; Subject; Places |
| Summary |
This is a great work by one of the pioneers of modern archaeology. The period covered is from 1700 to 700 B.C. and is mainly concerned with the author's field work in western Britain. It deals with burial ritual - dances, processions, ""houses of the dead"", the objects deposited, the building of the barrow; and it shows by line drawings and photographs how scientific excavation nowadays is planned and executed. The book gathers together an immense amount of research completed over a long span of years on burials and the ceremonial which attended them. Originally published in 1959 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
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Bronze age -- Great Britain
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Mounds -- Great Britain
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Anatomy & Physiology.
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Bronze age
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Mounds
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Great Britain
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317604785 |
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1317604784 |
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