Gathering time: dating the early Neolithic enclosures of southern Britain and Ireland 1
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VOLUME I
Authors note
...................................................................................................................................................................
vii
Acknowledgements
.........................................................................................................................................................viii
The archive
........................................................................................................................................................................
χ
Summary
...........................................................................................................................................................................xi
Resume
...........................................................................................................................................................................xiv
Zusammenfassung........................................................................................................................................................xviii
Abbreviated list of figures
.............................................................................................................................................xxii
Abbreviated list of tables
...........................................................................................................................................xxxiv
Contributors
...............................................................................................................................................................xxxvi
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Gathering time: causewayed enclosures and the early Neolithic of southern Britain
and of Ireland
Alasdair Whittle, Frances Healy and Alex Bayliss
..........................................................................................................1
1.1
Prehistorians and chronological resolution
...........................................................................................................1
1.2
The early Neolithic in southern Britain and Ireland: a note for the general reader on the
wider context
.........................................................................................................................................................4
1.3
Causewayed enclosures in southern Britain and in Ireland
..................................................................................5
1.4
The enclosures dating project
..............................................................................................................................12
1.5
Beyond the enclosures
.........................................................................................................................................13
1.6
This volume
.........................................................................................................................................................16
2
Towards generational time-scales: the quantitative interpretation of archaeological
chronologies
Alex Bayliss, Johannes van
der Plicht,
Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Gerry McCormac,
Frances Healy and Alasdair Whittle
..............................................................................................................................17
2.1
The radiocarbon dates
.........................................................................................................................................17
2.2
Scatter matters
.....................................................................................................................................................18
2.3
The Bayesian approach
.......................................................................................................................................19
2.4
An introduction to Bayesian chronological modelling
.......................................................................................21
2.4.1 Uninformative
prior beliefs
..................................................................................................................21
2.4.2
Informative prior beliefs
.......................................................................................................................27
2.4.3
Standardised likelihoods
.........................................................................................................................28
2.4.4
Calculating posterior density estimates
..................................................................................................34
2.5
The Bayesian process
..........................................................................................................................................35
2.5.1
Groundworks
..........................................................................................................................................35
2.5.2
Identifying suitable samples
...................................................................................................................38
2.5.3
From samples to sampling
......................................................................................................................42
2.5.4
Reporting the models
..............................................................................................................................42
2.6
Laboratory methods
.............................................................................................................................................43
2.6.1
Methods used for dating the samples submitted during this project
......................................................44
2.6.2
Methods used for dating other samples considered in this study
..........................................................44
2.7
Accuracy
..............................................................................................................................................................45
2.7.1
Replicate measurements
.........................................................................................................................45
2.7.2
Archaeological prior information
...........................................................................................................56
2.8
Further mathematics
............................................................................................................................................58
2.9
Conclusion
...........................................................................................................................................................59
iv Contents
3
The North Wiltshire Downs
Alasdair Whittle, Alex Bayliss and Frances Healy
........................................................................................................60
3.1
Windmill Hill
.......................................................................................................................................................61
3.2
Knap Hill
.............................................................................................................................................................97
3.3
Rybury
...............................................................................................................................................................102
3.4
Discussion
..........................................................................................................................................................102
4
South Wessex
Frances Healy, Alex Bayliss, Alasdair Whittle, Michael J. Allen, Roger Mercer, Mick Rowlings,
Niall Sharpies and Nicholas Thomas
............................................................................................................................
Ill
4.1
Hambledon Hill
..................................................................................................................................................
Ill
4.2
Whitesheet Hill
.................................................................................................................................................. 157
4.3
Maiden Castle
....................................................................................................................................................164
4.4
Robin Hood s Ball
.............................................................................................................................................194
4.5
Discussion
..........................................................................................................................................................202
5
Sussex
Frances Healy, Alex Bayliss and Alasdair Whittle
.......................................................................................................207
5.1
Whitehawk Camp
..............................................................................................................................................208
5.2
OffhamHill
.......................................................................................................................................................226
5.3
Combe Hill
........................................................................................................................................................231
5.4
The Trundle
.......................................................................................................................................................232
5.5
Bury Hill
............................................................................................................................................................239
5.6
Court Hill
...........................................................................................................................................................242
5.7
Barkhale
............................................................................................................................................................248
5.8
HalnakerHill
.....................................................................................................................................................249
5.9
Discussion
..........................................................................................................................................................250
6
Eastern England
Frances Healy, Alex Bayliss, Alasdair Whittle, Francis Pryor, Charles French, Michael J. Allen,
Christopher Evans, Mark Edmonds, John Meadows and Gill Hey
.............................................................................263
6.1
TheChilterns
.....................................................................................................................................................265
6.1.1
Maiden Bower
......................................................................................................................................265
6.1.2
Implications for the Chilterns
...............................................................................................................269
6.2
The Great
Ouse
catchment
................................................................................................................................270
6.2.1
Great Wilbraham
..................................................................................................................................270
6.2.2
Haddenham
...........................................................................................................................................271
6.2.3
Implications for The Great
Ouse
catchment
.........................................................................................278
6.3
The
Nene
valley
................................................................................................................................................293
6.3.1
Briar Hill
..............................................................................................................................................293
6.3.2
Implications for the
Nene
valley
..........................................................................................................300
6.4
The Lower
Weiland
valley
................................................................................................................................314
6.4.1
Etton, Etton
Woodgate
and Northborough
...........................................................................................314
6.4.2
Etton
......................................................................................................................................................322
6.4.3
Etton
Woodgate.....................................................................................................................................327
6.4.4
Northborough
........................................................................................................................................327
6.4.5
Implications for the Lower
Weiland
valley
..........................................................................................329
6.5
East of the Fens
.................................................................................................................................................332
6.6
Eastern England as a whole
..............................................................................................................................338
Contents
v
7
The Greater Thames estuary
Alex Bayliss, Michael
J
,
Allen, Frances Heafy, Alasdair Whittle, Mark Germany,
Seren
Griffiths,
Derek Hamilton, Tom Higham, John Meadows, Grant Shand, Simon Stevens and Michael Wysocki
........................348
7.1
Lodge Farm, St Osyth
.......................................................................................................................................350
7.2.
Orsett
.................................................................................................................................................................355
7.3
The Essex side of the Thames estuary
..............................................................................................................361
7.4
Kingsborough
1
and
2.......................................................................................................................................364
7.5
Chalk Hill
..........................................................................................................................................................371
7.6
The Kent side of the Thames estuary
................................................................................................................376
7.7
The Thames estuary and beyond
.......................................................................................................................383
8
The Thames valley
Frances Healy, Alasdair Whittle, Alex Bayliss, Gill Hey, Reay Robertson-Mackay Tim Allen
and Steve Ford
.............................................................................................................................................................387
8.1
Yeoveney Lodge Farm, Staines
.........................................................................................................................388
8.2
Eton Wick
..........................................................................................................................................................393
8.3
Implications for the middle Thames
.................................................................................................................395
8.4
Gatehampton Farm, Goring
...............................................................................................................................404
8.5
Abingdon
...........................................................................................................................................................407
8.6
Implications for the upper Thames
...................................................................................................................421
8.7
The wider region
...............................................................................................................................................431
9
The Cotswolds
Philip Dixon, Alex Bayliss, Frances Healy, Alasdair Whittle and Timothy Darvill
....................................................434
9.1
CrickleyHill
......................................................................................................................................................435
9.2
Peak Camp
.........................................................................................................................................................454
9.3
Implications for the escarpment
........................................................................................................................457
9.4
Implications for the region
................................................................................................................................465
10
The south-west peninsula
Alasdair Whittle, Alex Bayliss, Frances Healy, Roger Mercer, Andy M. Jones and Malcolm Todd
...........................476
10.1
Membury
...........................................................................................................................................................478
10.2
Hembury
............................................................................................................................................................478
10.3
RaddonHill
.......................................................................................................................................................493
10.4
HelmanTor
........................................................................................................................................................497
10.5
Cam
Brea
...........................................................................................................................................................504
10.6
The south-west peninsula
..................................................................................................................................509
VOLO
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11
The Marches, south Wales and the Isle of Man
Alex Bayliss, Alasdair Whittle, Frances Healy, Keith Ray, Peter
Dori
ing, Richard Lewis,
Timothy Darvill, Geoffrey Wainwright and Michael Wysocki
......................................................................................521
11.1
Hill Croft Field
..................................................................................................................................................521
11.2
Beech Court Farm, Ewenny
..............................................................................................................................524
11.3
Banc Du
.............................................................................................................................................................526
11.4
The Marches and South Wales: discussion
.......................................................................................................527
11.5
Billown
..............................................................................................................................................................553
vi
Contents
12
Ireland
Gabriel Cooney, Alex Bayliss, Frances Healy, Alasdair Whittle, Ed
Danaher, Lydia
Cagney,
Jim Mallory, Jessica Smyth, Thomas Kador andMuiris O Sullivan
...........................................................................562
12.1
Donegore
Hill
....................................................................................................................................................564
12.2
Magheraboy
.......................................................................................................................................................574
12.3
Donegore
and Magheraboy in context: the early Neolithic and the start of the middle Neolithic
in Ireland
............................................................................................................................................................585
12.4
Discussion
..........................................................................................................................................................657
13
Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope values of animals and humans from causewayed
enclosures
Julie Hamilton and Robert E.M. Hedges
......................................................................................................................670
13.1
Introduction
.......................................................................................................................................................670
13.2
Aims
..................................................................................................................................................................671
13.3
Sampling strategy
..............................................................................................................................................671
13.4
Methods
.............................................................................................................................................................671
13.5
Results
..............................................................................................................................................................672
13.6
Discussion
..........................................................................................................................................................677
13.7
Conclusions
.......................................................................................................................................................681
14
Neolithic narratives: British and Irish enclosures in their
timescapes
Alex Bayliss, Frances Healy, Alasdair Whittle and Gabriel Cooney
...........................................................................682
14.1
Weaving narrative threads
.................................................................................................................................682
14.2
Chronologies for enclosures in southern Britain
.............................................................................................683
14.3
Enclosures and other monuments in southern Britain
......................................................................................719
14.4
Enclosures and the start of Neolithic activity in southern Britain
....................................................................727
14.5
Patterns and development of early Neolithic material culture in southern Britain
..........................................755
14.6
The southern British early Neolithic: an historical narrative
............................................................................801
14.7
The early Neolithic of Ireland, the Isle of Man and Scotland: a comparative framework
...............................804
14.8
Wider histories: the development of the early Neolithic in Britain and Ireland
..............................................833
14.9
Conclusion
.........................................................................................................................................................846
/5
Gathering time: the social dynamics of change
Alasdair Whittle, Alex Bayliss and Frances Healy
......................................................................................................848
15.1
Temporality and the dynamics of social change
...............................................................................................848
15.2
Beginnings
.........................................................................................................................................................848
15.3
Land and living: faultlines and patterns
............................................................................................................866
15.4
Building the world: monument sequences
........................................................................................................871
15.5
Artefacts
............................................................................................................................................................875
15.6
Enclosures: the significance of a history
...........................................................................................................878
15.7
Enclosures in the making: places of innovation
...............................................................................................885
15.8
Things that mattered: the generation of worldviews
.........................................................................................891
15.9
The hey-day of causewayed enclosures: a brief history
...................................................................................897
15.10
Early Neolithic politics: ritual experts and organisers?
....................................................................................898
15.11
Elsewhere
..........................................................................................................................................................905
15.12
Later histories: the pace and character of change
.............................................................................................907
15.13
Kinds of time and history
..................................................................................................................................909
Appendix: Some unanswered research questions for southern British enclosures
Frances Healy, Alasdair Whittle and Alex Bayliss
.......................................................................................................915
Bibliography
..................................................................................................................................................................920
Index
.............................................................................................................................................................................980
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