scholarly journals O Processo de Neolitização na Plataforma do Mondego: os dados do Sector C do Outeiro dos Castelos de Beijós (Carregal do Sal)

2020 ◽  
pp. 797-822
Author(s):  
João Carlos de Senna-Martinez ◽  
José Manuel Quintã Ventura ◽  
Andreia Carvalho ◽  
Cíntia Maurício
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Late Bronze Age ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Lithic Industry ◽  
Academic Year

Outeiro dos Castelos de Beijós (COCB) is a well-known archaeological site for its Late Bronze Age occupation (Senna-Martinez, 1993, 1994, 1995/1996a, 2000a and 2000b; Senna-Martinez e Nunes, 1993; Senna-Martinez e Ventura, 2008a; Senna-Martinez and Pedro, Eds. 2000). However, another anthropic use of this space, in the Early Neolithic, was still, without adequate dissemination. This happens despite the fact that part of the collections are on display at the Municipal Museum of Carregal do Sal and are part of the respective catalogue (Pinto, 2006; Senna-Martinez, 2006). In the 2004/2005 academic year, two students from FLUL’s Degree in Archeology – and collaborators in this article – proceeded to draw and carry out the typological analysis, within the scope of their final seminar, respectively of the pottery and the lithic industry associated with the Ancient Neolithic occupation. Here we recuperate these academic efforts and integrate their contribution following what has been one of Uniarq’s best traditions. We will also try to integrate the new COCB data in the broader scope of the Neolithisation of the Mondego inland basin and of the Portuguese Centre/North.

scholarly journals Volcanic ash, victims, and tsunami debris from the Late Bronze Age Thera eruption discovered at Çeşme-Bağlararası (Turkey)

2021 ◽  
Vol 119 (1) ◽  
pp. e2114213118
Author(s):  
Vasıf Şahoğlu ◽  
Johannes H. Sterba ◽  
Timor Katz ◽  
Ümit Çayır ◽  
Ümit Gündoğan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Volcanic Ash ◽  
Thick Layer ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Tsunami Deposit ◽  
Late Bronze Age ◽  
Mediterranean Studies ◽  
Ash Layer ◽  
Time Capsule ◽  
Thera Eruption

The Late Bronze Age Thera eruption was one of the largest natural disasters witnessed in human history. Its impact, consequences, and timing have dominated the discourse of ancient Mediterranean studies for nearly a century. Despite the eruption’s high intensity (Volcanic Explosivity Index 7; Dense Rock Equivalent of 78 to 86 km) [T. H. Druitt, F. W. McCoy, G. E. Vougioukalakis, Elements 15, 185–190 (2019)] and tsunami-generating capabilities [K. Minoura et al., Geology 28, 59–62 (2000)], few tsunami deposits are reported. In contrast, descriptions of pumice, ash, and tephra deposits are widely published. This mismatch may be an artifact of interpretive capabilities, given how rapidly tsunami sedimentology has advanced in recent years. A well-preserved volcanic ash layer and chaotic destruction horizon were identified in stratified deposits at Çeşme-Bağlararası, a western Anatolian/Aegean coastal archaeological site. To interpret these deposits, archaeological and sedimentological analysis (X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy instrumental neutron activation analysis, granulometry, micropaleontology, and radiocarbon dating) were performed. According to the results, the archaeological site was hit by a series of strong tsunamis that caused damage and erosion, leaving behind a thick layer of debris, distinguishable by its physical, biological, and chemical signature. An articulated human and dog skeleton discovered within the tsunami debris are in situ victims related to the Late Bronze Age Thera eruption event. Calibrated radiocarbon ages from well-constrained, short-lived organics from within the tsunami deposit constrain the event to no earlier than 1612 BCE. The deposit provides a time capsule that demonstrates the nature, enormity, and expansive geographic extent of this catastrophic event.

scholarly journals Intestinal parasites at the Late Bronze Age settlement of Must Farm, in the fens of East Anglia, UK (9th century B.C.E.)

Parasitology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 146 (12) ◽  
pp. 1583-1594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marissa L. Ledger ◽  
Elisabeth Grimshaw ◽  
Madison Fairey ◽  
Helen L. Whelton ◽  
Ian D. Bull ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Intestinal Parasites ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Late Bronze Age ◽  
Timber Structures ◽  
East Anglia ◽  
Infected People ◽  
Slow Moving ◽  
Raw Fish ◽  
Diphyllobothrium Latum

AbstractLittle is known about the types of intestinal parasites that infected people living in prehistoric Britain. The Late Bronze Age archaeological site of Must Farm was a pile-dwelling settlement located in a wetland, consisting of stilted timber structures constructed over a slow-moving freshwater channel. At excavation, sediment samples were collected from occupation deposits around the timber structures. Fifteen coprolites were also hand-recovered from the occupation deposits; four were identified as human and seven as canine, using fecal lipid biomarkers. Digital light microscopy was used to identify preserved helminth eggs in the sediment and coprolites. Eggs of fish tapeworm (Diphyllobothrium latum and Diphyllobothrium dendriticum), Echinostoma sp., giant kidney worm (Dioctophyma renale), probable pig whipworm (Trichuris suis) and Capillaria sp. were found. This is the earliest evidence for fish tapeworm, Echinostoma worm, Capillaria worm and the giant kidney worm so far identified in Britain. It appears that the wetland environment of the settlement contributed to establishing parasite diversity and put the inhabitants at risk of infection by helminth species spread by eating raw fish, frogs or molluscs that flourish in freshwater aquatic environments, conversely the wetland may also have protected them from infection by certain geohelminths.

scholarly journals Late Neolithic and Late Bronze Age lithic assemblages associated with a cairn and other prehistoric features at Stoneyhill Farm, Longhaven, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, 2002-03

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torben Ballin ◽  
Ian Suddaby ◽  
M Cressey ◽  
M Hastie ◽  
A Jackson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Lithic Technology ◽  
Early Bronze Age ◽  
Late Bronze Age ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Lithic Assemblage ◽  
Lithic Assemblages

Prehistoric remains were recorded by CFA Archaeology Ltd (CFA) in 2002-03 during a programme of fieldwork at the landfill site within the boundaries of Stoneyhill Farm, which lies 7km to the southwest of Peterhead in Aberdeenshire. These included a clearance cairn with a Late Bronze Age lithic assemblage and a burial cairn, with Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age lithics and Beaker ceramics. Other lithic scatters of similar date had no certain associations, although pits containing near-contemporary Impressed Wares were nearby. Additional lithic assemblages included material dated to the Mesolithic and Early Neolithic. What may be proto-Unstan Wares in an isolated pit were associated with radiocarbon dates (barley) of the first half of the fourth millennium bc. These findings represent a substantial addition to the local area's archaeological record and form an important contribution to the understanding of lithic technology and ceramics in earlier prehistoric Scotland.This paper is dedicated to the memory of Ian Shepherd, whose site visits enlightened this and other projects undertaken by one of the authors (IS).

scholarly journals Castro de Nossa Senhora das Necessidades (Sernancelhe): uma primeira análise artefactual

2020 ◽  
pp. 1127-1139
Author(s):  
Telma Susana O. Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
The Other ◽  
Late Bronze Age ◽  
The Hill ◽  
Metallic Artefacts

The Nossa Senhora das Necessidades settlement is to date the only archaeological site in the county of Sernancelhe (Viseu district) to be discussed in the archaeological literature. Referred to as a settlement from the Late Bronze Age, the site has been continually destroyed and has only superficial findings that have never been studied so that we know all of its occupations. This first study, made through ceramic, lithic and metallic artefacts that result from prospections at the hill, aims to reveal the other chronologies of this site, seeking to contribute to the comprehension of the material culture and settlement network of the Beira Alta region in some of its prehistoric and medieval times.

Excavations at South Cadbury Castle, 1967: A Summary Report

1968 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Alcock
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Great Depth ◽  
Late Bronze Age ◽  
Summary Report ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
The Third ◽  
Stone Wall ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Hill

The situation, character, and antiquarian history of South Cadbury Castle, Somerset, have already been described (Alcock (1967a); (1967b)). A reconnaissance excavation in 1966 hinted that occupation of the hilltop had begun in the Early Neolithic, and after a hiatus had been resumed sometime in the Late Bronze Age. It demonstrated that from early in the pre-Roman Iron Age there was a rich and intensive occupation, during which the defences were probably built. This appeared to have been ended by a sack at the hands of the Roman invaders c. A.D. 45. Late Roman pottery, metalwork, and coins showed that activity was renewed in the third-fourth centuries A.D. Imported pottery of well-known forms proved that the site was reused in the fifth—sixth centuries. Finally, it was refortified with a mortared stone wall as a Late Saxon burh. The reconnaissance also showed that on top of the hill (fig. 1, c) rock-cut pits and post-holes were readily discernible under the turf; that on the slopes within the defences (fig. 1, B) traces of buildings of various dates had survived many centuries of ploughing; and that in the rear of the inner rampart (fig. 1, A), a great depth of hill-wash and plough-soil overlay stratified levels of the Iron Age.

scholarly journals São Julião da Branca (Albergaria-a-Velha) - Investigação e valorização de um povoado do Bronze Final

2020 ◽  
pp. 1065-1081
Author(s):  
António Manuel S. P. Silva ◽  
Paulo A. P. Lemos ◽  
Sara Almeida e Silva ◽  
Edite Martins de Sá
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Late Bronze Age ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Stone Wall ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Coastal Platform

The archaeological site of São Julião is a Late Bronze Age settlement, located on the coastal platform between Douro and Vouga rivers, which has been the subject of systematic research projects since 2014. Its most striking structures are the stone wall that delimited the enclosure and a megalithic mound, violated or reused in modern or contemporary times. The archaeological collection includes a significant set of ceramics, objects in stone and metals, with emphasis on a pair of gold earrings, perhaps related to the evidence of metallurgy that is observed in the place. Currently, a site’s archeological conservation and enhancement program is underway, with the support of the Municipality.

scholarly journals Neolithic pits and Late Bronze Age roundhouses in the Upper Ury Valley, Aberdeenshire

2019 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Moore ◽  
Claire Lingard ◽  
Melanie Johnson ◽  
Ann Clarke ◽  
Mhairi Hastie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Gas Pipeline ◽  
Late Bronze Age ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Pipeline Route ◽  
The Bronze Age ◽  
Small Tributary

Archaeological monitoring of works on a gas pipeline route in Aberdeenshire, north-west of Inverurie, resulted in the discovery and excavation of several groups of Neolithic pits and four Bronze Age roundhouses. The Neolithic pits were concentrated around the Shevock Burn, a small tributary of the Ury, and in the East and North Lediken areas to the north. They produced significant assemblages of Early Neolithic Impressed Ware and of Modified Carinated Bowl. The Bronze Age roundhouses included the heavily truncated remains of a post-built structure near Pitmachie, the remains of a pair of ring ditch structures near Little Lediken Farm, and another ring ditch structure close to Wrangham village.

scholarly journals The Neolithic in Almeria: the valley of Almanzora river in Vera basin

2004 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 183-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Dolores Cámalich ◽  
Dimas Martin-Socas ◽  
Pedro González ◽  
Antonio Goñi ◽  
Rodríguez Águede
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Late Bronze Age ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Variable Size ◽  
Excess Production

The valley of Almanzora River and Vera Basin (Almeria) shows an intense dynamics of occupation in Prehistory; particulalry between the Early Neolithic and the Late Bronze Age. Several factors, such as recurrent associations betwen diverse productions - including the presence of cardial-impresed in Cabacicos Negros (Vera) - and the distinctive characteristics of the type of accupation, indicate that the oldest phase of occupation took place during the andalusian Early Neolithic. The socio-economic pattern is defined both by expoloatation of numerous resources in an area of variable size, and by the temporary occupation of settlements, with seasonal or periodical variations. The constant mobility was aimed at obtaining different subiststence goods, as well as obtaining and/or transforming primary resources for manufacturing crafts and exchanging excess production with communities in the same area or from other regions.

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