British Neolithic Research Articles

The Stone Axe in Neolithic Britain

A new framework for the consideration of Neolithic axes is proposed, consisting of six rock classes defined by rock composition and working properties. The use of rock from these classes varied systematically in Britain, and reflected local geology. Flint exploitation, whose significance in the production of axes has been grossly underestimated, is considered in especial detail (with a full survey of flint mines and quarries). A major study of axe morphology is reported on. The paper includes gazetteers of caches of stone axes (many previously unpublished) and of axes found in burials.

Stone Tools and Society: Working Stone in Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain. By MarkEdmonds

Stone Tools and Society: Working Stone in Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain. By MarkEdmonds

: Interpreting the Axe Trade: Production and Exchange in Neolithic Britain . Richard Bradley, Mark Edmonds.

: Interpreting the Axe Trade: Production and Exchange in Neolithic Britain . Richard Bradley, Mark Edmonds.

Non-Megalithic Long Barrows and Allied Structures in the British Neolithic. By IanKinnes

Non-Megalithic Long Barrows and Allied Structures in the British Neolithic. By I<scp>an</scp>K<scp>innes</scp>

Neolithic Britain: new stone age sites of England, Scotland and Wales

England Avon Bedfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall (excluding Scilly) Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset Essex Gloucestershire Greater London Hampshire Hereford and Worcester Hertfordshire Humberside Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Merseyside Norfolk Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Scilly Isles Shropshire Somerset Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey East Sussex West Sussex Tyne and Wear Wiltshire North Yorkshire West Yorkshire Scotland Borders Central Dumfries and Galloway Fife Grampion Highland: Caithness, Inverness, Nairn, Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland Lothian Orkney Shetland Strathclyde Tayside Western Isles Wales Anglesey (part of Gwynedd), Clwyd, Dyfed, Glamorgan, Gwynedd (excluding Anglesey), Powys.

Beyond "The Original Affluent Society": A Culturalist Reformulation [and Comments and Reply

Beyond "The Original Affluent Society": A Culturalist Reformulation [and Comments and Reply

Vitis pips in Neolithic Sweden

Antiquity reported, three years ago, a grape pip securely dated to the British Neolithic. Here are brought together reliable finds of grape pips from the Neolithic of Scandinavia — yet further from the Mediterranean warmth where the vine is comfortable. How they got to the north — by an early passion for viticulture in an unpromising climate? in a precocious long-distance exchange of sultanas? — is an intriguing question

Stone Axe Morphology and Distribution in Neolithic Britain. By SylviaChappell

Stone Axe Morphology and Distribution in Neolithic Britain. By S<scp>ylvia</scp>C<scp>happell</scp>

HONEY AND DRIPPING: NEOLITHIC FOOD RESIDUES FROM RUNNYMEDE BRIDGE

Summary. This paper illustrates the prospects for a fuller understanding of ancient foodstuffs by applying a range of analytical techniques to charred food residues on pottery. The relevant techniques of organic chemistry are briefly described. First results on Neolithic material from Runnymede stand amongst few for prehistoric Europe. They demonstrate the potential importance of such analyses both in redressing imbalances present at the site level and in opening wider issues, such as the functions attached to particular pot forms. The identification of beeswax in a British Neolithic context prompts an enquiry into the nature of early bee management and the suggestion that ‘forest beekeeping’may have been widespread in temperate Neolithic Europe.

A reconsideration of the British Neolithic

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On Astronomy in Neolithic Britain

Previous articleNext article No AccessDiscussion and CriticismOn Astronomy in Neolithic BritainGiovanni FlorisGiovanni Floris Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Current Anthropology Volume 22, Number 3Jun., 1981 Sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/202673 Views: 3Total views on this site Copyright 1981 The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological ResearchPDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Flint Flake Dimensions in the British Neolithic

Flint Flake Dimensions in the British Neolithic

Resources and population in the British Neolithic

Various ways of dividing up the chronological and cultural content of the Neolithic of the British Isles have been proposed. Thus Piggott assigned the Windmill Hill culture to Early and Middle phases, and the Peterborough and other cultures to a Late phase (1954); Clarke proposed similar Early, Middle and Late phases, with the addition of a Final phase (1970,275); Case divided the Irish Neolithic into a beginning, a middle and an end (1969a) (a scheme recently further subdivided by ApSimon (1976)), his stages marked by various cultural innovations and developments. Though based on such cultural changes, these schemes—necessary as they are—all tend to create the impression of steady and consistent human activity, though manifesting itself in different ways at different times, over the by now vast span of the British Neolithic. Nor has this impression been altered greatly by the large number of radiocarbon dates-over 150—available for cultural activity over the period from at the latest 3500 bc down to 2000 bc or soon after.

Monumental function in British Neolithic burial practices

Abstract The basic contention of this paper is that the monumental mound aspect is not invariable in Neolithic chambered tombs, and that its function is not identical with that of the burial area proper. An assignment of linked roles for components within a planned long‐term concept is substituted for a multi‐period explanation. The fundamental identity of megalithic and non‐megalithic practice is emphasized, and a context provided for the emergence of chamber burial in Neolithic societies.

Economy and Settlement in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain and Europe. Edited byD. D. A. Simpson. 186pages, 37 figures, 8 photos, index. Leicester University Press, Leicester, 1971. Price £5.

Economy and Settlement in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain and Europe. <i>Edited by</i>D. D. A. Simpson. 186<i>pages</i>, 37 <i>figures</i>, 8 <i>photos, index</i>. Leicester University Press, Leicester, 1971. <i>Price</i> £5.

Prehistoric Roads and Tracks in Somerset, England: 3. The Sweet Track

SummaryThe excavation of the Sweet track at two sites in the Somerset Levels has yielded unique material of the late fourth millennium bc. The track was built across a reed marsh, and the builders used a variety of timber obtained from both nearby fen-wood and from the dry land of the Burtle sand and the Poldens. Pollen analyses indicate that certain areas of the Levels were particularly favourable for forest clearance and cultivation, and the debris from the track shows a range of woodwork so far unique to the British Neolithic.

D. D. A. Simpson (ed.): Economy and settlement in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain and Europe. Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1971. 186 pp., 8 pls., 37 figs. £5.00

D. D. A. Simpson (ed.): Economy and settlement in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain and Europe. Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1971. 186 pp., 8 pls., 37 figs. £5.00

Economy and Settlement in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain and Europe. Edited by D. D. A. Simpson. 10 × 7½. Pp. 186+8 pls.+37 figs. Leicester University Press, 1971. £5.

Economy and Settlement in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain and Europe. Edited by D. D. A. Simpson. 10 × 7½. Pp. 186+8 pls.+37 figs. Leicester University Press, 1971. £5.

THE SKELETON OF BRITISH NEOLITHIC MAN, including a comparison with that of other prehistoric periods and more modern times. By John Cameron, M.D., D.SC. Williams and Norgate , 1934. pp. 272, with 51 plates and figures and 96 tables. 15s.

THE SKELETON OF BRITISH NEOLITHIC MAN, including a comparison with that of other prehistoric periods and more modern times. <i>By</i> John Cameron, <scp>M.D.</scp>, <scp>D.SC.</scp> Williams and Norgate , 1934. pp. 272, <i>with</i> 51 <i>plates and figures and</i> 96 <i>tables.</i> 15<i>s</i>.

British Neolithic Man

THIS book is clearly the result of long and A careful work by Dr. Cameron. It is a digest, more or less complete, of the state of our know ledge of prehistoric man compared with that of the man of historic times, down to the present day. It is not, I think, a book meant for the general reader, nor would it mean much to him; but to the serious worker in anthropology, who is able to distinguish its strong from its weak points, it will be very valuable, and it is sure of a place in every scientific library.