A Neolithic Structure and Bronze Age Activity at West Flank Road, Drumchapel, Glasgow

2003 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-128
Author(s):  
Gavin Macgregor ◽  
Irene Cullen ◽  
Diane Alldritt ◽  
Michael Donnelly ◽  
Jennifer Miller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Research Division ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Archaeological Work ◽  
Age Features ◽  
The Bronze Age

Summary A programme of archaeological work was undertaken by Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division (GUARD) at West Flank Road, Drumchapel, in close proximity to the site of the prehistoric cemetery of Knappers. This paper considers the results of excavation of a range of negative features, including earlier Neolithic and Bronze Age pits and postholes. The earlier Neolithic features date to c. 3500–3000 BC and are interpreted as the partial remains of a subrectangular structure. The Bronze Age features may relate to ceremonial activities in the wider area. The significance of these remains is considered in relation to the site of Knappers and wider traditions during the fourth to second millennia BC.

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Antiquity ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 81 (311) ◽  
pp. 249-250
Author(s):  
Madeleine Hummler
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Hard Case ◽  
Detective Story ◽  
Monograph Series ◽  
Area Survey ◽  
The Bronze Age

scholarly journals Excavation of an urned cremation burial of the Bronze Age, Glennan, Argyll and Bute

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gavin MacGregor ◽  
Jennifer Miller ◽  
Julie Roberts ◽  
Michael Donnelly ◽  
Gary Tompsett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Human Remains ◽  
Joint Disease ◽  
Section 8 ◽  
Research Division ◽  
Animal Remains ◽  
Animal Bone ◽  
National Museums ◽  
The Bronze Age

As part of the Historic Scotland Human Remains Call Off Contract, Glasgow Univ ersity Archaeological Research Division (GUARD)undertook an archaeological excavation of a prehistoric urned cremation deposit within a boulder shelter at Glennan, Kilmartin, Argyll and Bute (NGR NM86220097). Analysis has shown the cremation was of a male probably aged between 25 and 40 years. He had suffered from slight spinal joint disease, and mild iron deficiency anaemia, though neither seems likely to have affected his general health. He was cremated shortly after death, together with a young sheep/goat, and their remains were subsequently picked from the pyre and co-mingled before burial in the urn. An unburnt retouched flint flake was recovered which may have accompanied the burial. The closest parallels for the cremation container are found within the tradition of Enlarged Food Vessel urns, a tradition that is poorly dated but probably has a currency in the first half of the second millennium BC. Radiocarbon dating was problematic: a sample of heather-type charcoal from the fill of the urn was dated and provided a range of cal AD1260-1390 at 2 sigma (OxA-10281). A second date was obtained from a sample of hazel charcoal from the lowest part of the fill of the urn, which provided a range of 3370-2920 cal BC at 2 sigma (GU-9598). There are sufficient examples of animal bone previously found accompanying Bronze Age burials to suggest that animals may have had a role in mortuary rites before burial of human remains, though the role and status of these animal remains is not always clear. Although the sample is small, the evidence suggests that, depending on the burial rite, some species of animals were considered more appropriate than others for inclusion; pigs associated with inhumation and goat/sheep associated with cremation burials. The choice of a domesticated animal to accompany the mortuary rites may have been of significance during a period when agro-pastural farming was being widely practiced, and may reflect the perceived inter-relationship between the cultural landscape of people and their livestock. The context of deposition of an Enlarged Food Vessel urn at Glennan, in a boulder shelter in the uplands, provides an interesting contrast with the known deposition of Food Vessels focused on the valley floor at Kilmartin. It indicates that while many of the more visible ceremonial and funerary sites of the second millennium BC may focus on the floor of the glen, other parts of the landscape were also significant in terms of such activities.POSTSCRIPT The cremated bone from the Glennan urn, that had previously given some problematic dates (Report Section 8) has now (March 2004) produced a result of 3615+/-35BP (GrA-24861). At 2130-1880 calBC (2-sigma), this is well within the range of dates for such Vase Urns. The author of SAIR 8 acknowledges the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland for funding this radiocarbon date and the National Museums of Scotland Dating Cremated Bone Project (especially Dr Alison Sheridan) for organising it.

Athens in the Late Bronze Age

Antiquity ◽  
1956 ◽  
Vol 30 (117) ◽  
pp. 9-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar Broneer
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Late Bronze Age ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Bronze Age ◽  
Of Greece

The Athenians of the classical era were deeply conscious of the fact that the history of their city was different from that of the rest of Greece. They were the autochthonous settlers of the land, and their orators and writers kept forever reminding them that Athens and Attica were not subdued when the Dorian invaders gained possession of most of the Peloponnesus at the end of the Bronze Age. Was this an empty boast, the kind of historical error that Thucydides (1, 20) attributes to a people's readiness to accept uncritically the old traditions about their own country or those of others? The historian (1, 2) makes it clear that he himself believed in the tradition that Attica was the original home of the Athenians of his day, and he found an explanation for this phenomenon in the poverty of the soil which made the conquerors pass by Attica for richer sections of the country. Archaeological research has confirmed Thucydides' conclusions.

scholarly journals Stones in the South: Decoding Bronze Age Ritual Practices on Gotland

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 227-256
Author(s):  
Helene Martinsson-Wallin ◽  
Joakim Wehlin
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
The South ◽  
West Side ◽  
South West ◽  
The Bronze Age ◽  
Ritual Practices

In this paper, we discuss the ritual practices and ritualization in the Bronze Age society on Got- land based on archaeological investigations of cairn milieus and stone ship contexts. We explore whether erected stones and demarcations on the south to south-west side of the Bronze Age cairns are the norm and whether this phenomenon oc- curred during the Bronze Age. We also discuss whether our archaeological research can support long-term use of cairn milieus for ritual purposes.

scholarly journals К СТАТИСТИЧЕСКОЙ МЕТОДИКЕ ИЗУЧЕНИЯ КУЛЬТУРНЫХ СЛОЕВ ПОСЕЛЕНИЙ ЭПОХИ БРОНЗЫ (РАБОТА НАД ОШИБКАМИ)

2021 ◽  
pp. 6-16
Author(s):  
Игорь Владимирович Чечушков
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Settlement Pattern ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Regional Settlement ◽  
The Bronze Age

В статье предлагается подход к изучению культурного слоя с точки зрения разведочного анализа данных – одного из разделов математической статистики. Культурный слой объекта археологии, зачастую невозможно или нерационально изучить полностью, т. е. подвергнуть полным раскопкам. Поэтому, описываются основные разновидности выборок: случайная выборка, систематизированная случайная выборка и стратифицированная случайная выборка, необходимые для получения неискаженного представления о генеральной совокупности – культурном слое. Также приводятся основные принципы формирования случайных выборок. На примере культурных слоев поселений позднего бронзового века Южного Зауралья описываются статистические методы расчета доверительных интервалов средних и пропорций. Они применяется для изучения насыщенности культурного слоя материальными остатками и их разнообразие для характеристики всей недоступной для изучения генеральной совокупности. Взаключение приводится способ расчета необходимой для вскрытия площади для характеристики ранее не изученных объектов. Делается вывод, что в сочетании со статистическим подходом, вскрытие малых площадей может гарантировать изучение культурного слоя при сохранении объекта культурного наследия. Библиографические ссылки Авдусин Д.А. Полевая археология СССР. М., 1980. 335 с. Алаева И.П. Проблема продолжительности существования поселений бронзового века Южного Зауралья // V (XXI) Всероссийский археологический съезд. Сборник научных трудов [Электронный ресурс] / Отв. ред. А.П. Деревянко, А.А.Тишкин. Барнаул: Изд-во АлтГУ, 2017. C. 51-52. Бикмулина Л.Р., Якимов А.С., Куприянова Е.В., Чечушков И.В., Баженов А.И. Геохимические особенности «зольника» поселения бронзового века Стрелецкое-1 лесостепного Зауралья. // Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии. 2017. № 4(39). C. 154-163. Ковалевская (Деопик) В.Б. 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English Landscapes and Identities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Gosden ◽  
Chris Green ◽  
Anwen Cooper ◽  
Miranda Creswell ◽  
Victoria Donnelly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Archaeological Work ◽  
History Of ◽  
Norman Invasion ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Bronze Age

The project on which the book was based synthesized all the major available sources of information on English archaeology for the period from 1500 BC to AD 1086, providing an overview of the history of the English landscape from the Bronze Age to the Norman invasion. The result is the first account of the English landscape over a crucial 2500-year period when people created many of the features still visible today. It also provides a celebration of many centuries of archaeological work, especially the intensive investigations that have taken place since the 1960s, when frequent large-scale work has transformed our understanding of England’s past.

14C DATING OF THE ERLITOU SITE

Radiocarbon ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Xuelian Zhang ◽  
Shihua Qiu ◽  
Lianzhen Cai ◽  
Hong Xu ◽  
Haitao Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Henan Province ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Shang Dynasty ◽  
14C Dating ◽  
Ancient Documents ◽  
The Bronze Age

ABSTRACT This article outlines the research progress on radiocarbon (14C) dating of the Erlitou site. The Erlitou site, belonging to the Bronze Age, located in Yanshi, Henan province, China, was discovered by archaeologists in 1959 when they investigated the Xia people’s remains in the area where the Xia people lived according to the records of ancient documents. Since then, there has been a standing debate about whether the site belongs to the Xia or Shang dynasty. By the mid-1990s, several hundred discussion articles on the issue had been published, but the question was still unresolved. Therefore, evidence from the chronology has attracted a great amount of attention. The dating of the Erlitou site began in the 1970s, and since the Xia-Shang-Zhou Chronology Project began in the mid-1990s, by application of wiggle-matching on the basis of improving the dating accuracy, the date of the Erlitou site has gradually become clear, which provides a basis for the archaeological research on the Xia and Shang dynasties.

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