Archaeological excavations alongside the river Wandle in Wallington produced evidence of the envi... more Archaeological excavations alongside the river Wandle in Wallington produced evidence of the environmental history and human exploitation of the area. The recovery of a large assemblage of struck flint provided information on the nature of the prehistoric activities represented, while a detailed environmental archaeological programme permitted an examination of both the local sediment successions and thus an opportunity to reconstruct the environmental history of the site. The site revealed a complex sedimentary sequence deposited in riverine conditions, commencing during the early Holocene (from c 10,000 years before present) and continuing through the late Holocene (c last 3000 years). Large flint nodules were washed by the river onto the site where they were procured and worked by Mesolithic and Bronze Age communities. Potentially usable nodules had been tested, and suitable pieces completely reduced, while the majority of useful flakes and blades had been removed for use elsewhere. Small numbers of retouched pieces, such as scrapers and piercers, indicate that domestic activities took place nearby. By the Saxon period the site had begun to stabilise, although it remained marshy and probably peripheral to habitation. Two pits from this period were excavated, one of which contained an antler pick. A small quantity of cereal grain also suggests that cultivated land lay in the vicinity of the site. During the 19th century a mill race was dug across the site, redirecting water from the river Wandle, which resulted in episodic flooding.
This report sets out the work undertaken as an archaeological evaluation at Priddy Circle 1, to h... more This report sets out the work undertaken as an archaeological evaluation at Priddy Circle 1, to help determine the extent of surviving in-situ archaeological deposits and features following landowner damage in parts of the enclosure. The evaluation was intended to assist the design of further mitigation works (Gibson 2015) aimed to offset this damage.
Mobility is a fundamental facet of being human and should be central to archaeology. Yet mobility... more Mobility is a fundamental facet of being human and should be central to archaeology. Yet mobility itself and the role it plays in the production of social life, is rarely considered as a subject in its own right. This is particularly so with discussions of the Neolithic people where mobility is often framed as being somewhere between a sedentary existence and nomadic movements. This volume examines the importance and complexities of movement and mobility, whether on land or water, in the Neolithic period. It uses movement in its widest sense, ranging from everyday mobilities – the routines and rhythms of daily life – to proscribed mobility, such as movement in and around monuments, and occasional and large-scale movements and migrations around the continent and across seas. Papers are roughly grouped and focus on ‘mobility and the landscape’, ‘monuments and mobility’, ‘travelling by water’, and ‘materials and mobility’. Through these themes the volume considers the movement of peopl...
1. The nature of time 2. Kings, Druids and early investigations 3. Into the twentieth century: Pe... more 1. The nature of time 2. Kings, Druids and early investigations 3. Into the twentieth century: Petrie, Atkinson and the BBC 4. 'What do you mean there's a hole on top of Silbury?' 5. Creating the mound 6. Making sense of the mound 7. Land, stones and the development of monuments 8. From Small Town to Sele-burh 9. The Timekeeper
... Silbury Hill: A last look inside. Autores: Jim Leary; Localización: Current archaeology, ISSN... more ... Silbury Hill: A last look inside. Autores: Jim Leary; Localización: Current archaeology, ISSN 0011-3212, Nº. 215, 2008 , págs. 12-20. Fundación Dialnet. Acceso de usuarios registrados. Acceso de usuarios registrados Usuario. Contraseña. Entrar. Mi Dialnet. ...
Mobility is a fundamental facet of being human, and yet its intangible nature means that it is of... more Mobility is a fundamental facet of being human, and yet its intangible nature means that it is often a neglected research topic. However, mobilities allow the movement of people, ideas, objects and information from place to place, and person to person – it should be central to archaeology. As well as this, mobility adds colour to the past, enriching and humanizing it. However, mobility is a complex subject to understand. It does not only depend on the physical environment that can be easily reconstructed using computer technologies, but is to a large degree socially and culturally composed. Mobility varies greatly and is unevenly distributed across and within societies. Some movements are unrestricted, whilst others are bounded; some are acts of resistance, whilst others serve to marginalize people. Some movements, such as dance, can be socially encoded, whilst others are socially discriminatory, affecting, for example, genders differently. Furthermore mobility, whether a long journ...
Contents: Past mobility: an introduction, Jim Leary Past movements, tomorrow's anchors. On th... more Contents: Past mobility: an introduction, Jim Leary Past movements, tomorrow's anchors. On the relational entanglements between archaeological mobilities, Oscar Aldred Enmeshments of shifting landscapes and embodied movements of people and animals, Matt Edgeworth Suspended animations: mobilities in rock art research, Ursula K. Frederick GIS approaches to past mobility and accessibility: an example from the Bronze Age Khanuy Valley, Mongolia, Oula Seitsonen, Jean-Luc Houle and Lee G. Broderick Micro mobilities and affordances of past places, Kirk Woolford and Stuart Dunn Mobility and the skeleton: a biomechanical view, Thomas G. Davies, Emma Pomeroy, Colin N. Shaw and Jay T. Stock Women on the move. The DNA evidence for female mobility and exogamy in prehistory, Keri A. Brown Mobility in the Roman Empire, Lien Foubert and David J. Breeze Travelling by water. A chronology of prehistoric boat archaeology/mobility in England, Mark Dunkley Index.
Archaeological excavations alongside the river Wandle in Wallington produced evidence of the envi... more Archaeological excavations alongside the river Wandle in Wallington produced evidence of the environmental history and human exploitation of the area. The recovery of a large assemblage of struck flint provided information on the nature of the prehistoric activities represented, while a detailed environmental archaeological programme permitted an examination of both the local sediment successions and thus an opportunity to reconstruct the environmental history of the site. The site revealed a complex sedimentary sequence deposited in riverine conditions, commencing during the early Holocene (from c 10,000 years before present) and continuing through the late Holocene (c last 3000 years). Large flint nodules were washed by the river onto the site where they were procured and worked by Mesolithic and Bronze Age communities. Potentially usable nodules had been tested, and suitable pieces completely reduced, while the majority of useful flakes and blades had been removed for use elsewhere. Small numbers of retouched pieces, such as scrapers and piercers, indicate that domestic activities took place nearby. By the Saxon period the site had begun to stabilise, although it remained marshy and probably peripheral to habitation. Two pits from this period were excavated, one of which contained an antler pick. A small quantity of cereal grain also suggests that cultivated land lay in the vicinity of the site. During the 19th century a mill race was dug across the site, redirecting water from the river Wandle, which resulted in episodic flooding.
This report sets out the work undertaken as an archaeological evaluation at Priddy Circle 1, to h... more This report sets out the work undertaken as an archaeological evaluation at Priddy Circle 1, to help determine the extent of surviving in-situ archaeological deposits and features following landowner damage in parts of the enclosure. The evaluation was intended to assist the design of further mitigation works (Gibson 2015) aimed to offset this damage.
Mobility is a fundamental facet of being human and should be central to archaeology. Yet mobility... more Mobility is a fundamental facet of being human and should be central to archaeology. Yet mobility itself and the role it plays in the production of social life, is rarely considered as a subject in its own right. This is particularly so with discussions of the Neolithic people where mobility is often framed as being somewhere between a sedentary existence and nomadic movements. This volume examines the importance and complexities of movement and mobility, whether on land or water, in the Neolithic period. It uses movement in its widest sense, ranging from everyday mobilities – the routines and rhythms of daily life – to proscribed mobility, such as movement in and around monuments, and occasional and large-scale movements and migrations around the continent and across seas. Papers are roughly grouped and focus on ‘mobility and the landscape’, ‘monuments and mobility’, ‘travelling by water’, and ‘materials and mobility’. Through these themes the volume considers the movement of peopl...
1. The nature of time 2. Kings, Druids and early investigations 3. Into the twentieth century: Pe... more 1. The nature of time 2. Kings, Druids and early investigations 3. Into the twentieth century: Petrie, Atkinson and the BBC 4. 'What do you mean there's a hole on top of Silbury?' 5. Creating the mound 6. Making sense of the mound 7. Land, stones and the development of monuments 8. From Small Town to Sele-burh 9. The Timekeeper
... Silbury Hill: A last look inside. Autores: Jim Leary; Localización: Current archaeology, ISSN... more ... Silbury Hill: A last look inside. Autores: Jim Leary; Localización: Current archaeology, ISSN 0011-3212, Nº. 215, 2008 , págs. 12-20. Fundación Dialnet. Acceso de usuarios registrados. Acceso de usuarios registrados Usuario. Contraseña. Entrar. Mi Dialnet. ...
Mobility is a fundamental facet of being human, and yet its intangible nature means that it is of... more Mobility is a fundamental facet of being human, and yet its intangible nature means that it is often a neglected research topic. However, mobilities allow the movement of people, ideas, objects and information from place to place, and person to person – it should be central to archaeology. As well as this, mobility adds colour to the past, enriching and humanizing it. However, mobility is a complex subject to understand. It does not only depend on the physical environment that can be easily reconstructed using computer technologies, but is to a large degree socially and culturally composed. Mobility varies greatly and is unevenly distributed across and within societies. Some movements are unrestricted, whilst others are bounded; some are acts of resistance, whilst others serve to marginalize people. Some movements, such as dance, can be socially encoded, whilst others are socially discriminatory, affecting, for example, genders differently. Furthermore mobility, whether a long journ...
Contents: Past mobility: an introduction, Jim Leary Past movements, tomorrow's anchors. On th... more Contents: Past mobility: an introduction, Jim Leary Past movements, tomorrow's anchors. On the relational entanglements between archaeological mobilities, Oscar Aldred Enmeshments of shifting landscapes and embodied movements of people and animals, Matt Edgeworth Suspended animations: mobilities in rock art research, Ursula K. Frederick GIS approaches to past mobility and accessibility: an example from the Bronze Age Khanuy Valley, Mongolia, Oula Seitsonen, Jean-Luc Houle and Lee G. Broderick Micro mobilities and affordances of past places, Kirk Woolford and Stuart Dunn Mobility and the skeleton: a biomechanical view, Thomas G. Davies, Emma Pomeroy, Colin N. Shaw and Jay T. Stock Women on the move. The DNA evidence for female mobility and exogamy in prehistory, Keri A. Brown Mobility in the Roman Empire, Lien Foubert and David J. Breeze Travelling by water. A chronology of prehistoric boat archaeology/mobility in England, Mark Dunkley Index.
Mobility is a fundamental facet of being human and should be central to archaeology. Yet mobility... more Mobility is a fundamental facet of being human and should be central to archaeology. Yet mobility itself and the role it plays in the production of social life, is rarely considered as a subject in its own right. This is particularly so with discussions of the Neolithic people where mobility is often framed as being somewhere between a sedentary existence and nomadic movements. This volume examines the importance and complexities of movement and mobility, whether on land or water, in the Neolithic period. It uses movement in its widest sense, ranging from everyday mobilities – the routines and rhythms of daily life – to proscribed mobility, such as movement in and around monuments, and occasional and large-scale movements and migrations around the continent and across seas. Papers are roughly grouped and focus on ‘mobility and the landscape’, ‘monuments and mobility’, ‘travelling by water’, and ‘materials and mobility’. Through these themes the volume considers the movement of people, ideas, animals, objects, and information, and uses a wide range of archaeological evidence from isotope analysis; artefact studies; lithic scatters and assemblage diversity.
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This volume examines the importance and complexities of movement and mobility, whether on land or water, in the Neolithic period. It uses movement in its widest sense, ranging from everyday mobilities – the routines and rhythms of daily life – to proscribed mobility, such as movement in and around monuments, and occasional and large-scale movements and migrations around the continent and across seas. Papers are roughly grouped and focus on ‘mobility and the landscape’, ‘monuments and mobility’, ‘travelling by water’, and ‘materials and mobility’. Through these themes the volume considers the movement of people, ideas, animals, objects, and information, and uses a wide range of archaeological evidence from isotope analysis; artefact studies; lithic scatters and assemblage diversity.