Far'ah II: A Middle Palaeolithic Open-Air Site in the Northern Negev, Israel.

Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society ◽

10.1017/s0079497x00007489 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 50 ◽

pp. 71-97 ◽

Cited By ~ 39

Author(s):

Isaac Gilead ◽

Caroline Grigson

Keyword(s):

Spatial Distribution ◽

Detailed Analysis ◽

Preliminary Report ◽

Middle Palaeolithic ◽

Animal Remains ◽

Hebrew University ◽

Field Season

The middle palaeolithic open-air site of Far'ah II was discovered and tested by the British Western Negev Expedition during the years 1972–73 (Price Williams 1973; 1975). After the British team concluded its field programme in 1976, the Archaeological Division of Ben Gurion University of the Negev in collaboration with the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem took over. For three seasons during 1976, 1977, and 1978, the site was excavated under the direction of I. Gilead.A preliminary report of the results of the 1977 season described the basic aspects of the flint technology and typology (Gilead 1980). It is the intention of this article to discuss new data acquired during the field season of 1978 and to present a more detailed analysis of the flint artefacts and animal remains and of their spatial distribution on the archaeological surfaces.

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Re-appraising and Re-classifying: a New Look at the Corpus of Miniature Socketed Axes from Britain

Hampshire Studies ◽

10.24202/hs2020001 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 75 (1) ◽

pp. 1-27

Author(s):

Alex Bliss

Keyword(s):

Spatial Distribution ◽

Data Collection ◽

Detailed Analysis ◽

Significant Proportion ◽

Direct Result ◽

Object Type ◽

England And Wales ◽

Extensive Data ◽

Metal Artefacts ◽

The Subject

The advent of the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) has added a great deal to our understanding of prehistoric metal artefacts in England and Wales, namely in expanding enormously the corpuses of objects previously thought to be quite scarce. One such artefact type is the miniature socketed 'votive' axe, most of which are found in Wiltshire and Hampshire. As a direct result of developing such recording initiatives, reporting of these artefacts as detector finds from the early 2000s onwards has virtually trebled the number originally published by Paul Robinson in his 1995 analysis. Through extensive data-collection, synthesising examples recorded via the PAS with those from published excavations, the broad aims of this paper (in brief) are as follows: firstly, produce a solid typology for these artefacts; secondly, investigate their spatial distribution across England and Wales. As a more indirect third aim, this paper also seeks to redress the imbalance of focus and academic study specifically applying to Hampshire finds of this object type, which despite producing a significant proportion of the currently known corpus have never been the subject of detailed analysis.

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A detailed analysis of the spatial distribution of Schöningen 13II-4 ‘Spear Horizon’ faunal remains

Journal of Human Evolution ◽

10.1016/j.jhevol.2020.102947 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 152 ◽

pp. 102947

Author(s):

Alejandro García-Moreno ◽

Jarod M. Hutson ◽

Aritza Villaluenga ◽

Elaine Turner ◽

Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser

Keyword(s):

Spatial Distribution ◽

Detailed Analysis ◽

Faunal Remains

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Preliminary Report on Stone Age Reconnaissance in north-eastern Iran

Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society ◽

10.1017/s0079497x00015176 ◽

1964 ◽

Vol 30 ◽

pp. 382-399 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

C. B. M. McBurney

Keyword(s):

Preliminary Report ◽

British Museum ◽

Primary Objective ◽

Climatic Data ◽

Middle Palaeolithic ◽

Upper Palaeolithic ◽

Upper Pleistocene ◽

Eastern Iran ◽

North Eastern ◽

The One

The following is a preliminary report on the results achieved during approximately six weeks' archaeological fieldwork in north-eastern Iran in July and August 1963. The primary objective was to explore the area for traces of the local Upper Pleistocene cultural sequence, and in particular to establish if possible the date and character of the local Upper Palaeolithic. In the event no traces of Upper Palaeolithic were obtained. However, a start was made towards defining the problem by the discovery of two well-stratified deposits, the one yielding a Middle Palaeolithic (Mousterian) industry with distinctive regional affinities, and the other an early Post-glacial Mesolithic industry. Reliable samples were obtained for defining the statistical properties of both, together with carbon samples, traces of vertebrate fauna, and some other climatic data.Representative collections were lodged with the Musée Iran Bastan at Teheran; and the expedition's share is to be offered in part to the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in Cambridge and in part to the British Museum. The expedition was financed mainly by a grant from the British Academy, supplemented by further grants from the Crowther-Beynon Fund and the British Museum.

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The Hibis Temple Project 1984-85 Field Season, Preliminary Report

Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt ◽

10.2307/40001096 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 23 ◽

pp. 157 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Eugene Cruz-Uribe

Keyword(s):

Preliminary Report ◽

Field Season

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Ironworking in the Bronze Age? Evidence from a 10th CenturyBCSettlement at Hartshill Copse, Upper Bucklebury, West Berkshire

Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society ◽

10.1017/s0079497x0000089x ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 72 ◽

pp. 367-421 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Mark Collard ◽

Timothy Darvill ◽

Martin Watts ◽

Alex Bayliss ◽

Mark Brett ◽

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Keyword(s):

Spatial Distribution ◽

Detailed Analysis ◽

Bronze Age ◽

Conclusive Evidence ◽

Late Bronze Age ◽

European Context ◽

Close Relationship ◽

Interpretative Model ◽

The Bronze Age ◽

Comprehensive Discussion

Excavations at Hartshill Copse in 2003 uncovered evidence for Late Bronze Age settlement, securely dated to the 10th centuryBC, associated with long alignments of closely set posts: prehistoric landscape features with few known parallels. Extensive sampling of the settlement remains yielded quantities of burnt flint and plain Post Deverel-Rimbury potsherds, and, quite unexpectedly, a substantial quantity of iron hammerscale. This paper presents the excavation data, with supporting dating evidence, and the results of detailed analysis of the metallurgical residues. It explores the spatial distribution of artefact types within the settlement, and presents an interpretative model for settlement use. The nature of the settlement, with its carefully planned use of space and close relationship with the post alignments, is then discussed. Together, all this provides conclusive evidence for the earliest ironworking site yet recognised in Britain. The paper concludes with a comprehensive discussion of early ironworking in its British and European context.

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