Functional Microwear Analysis of Lithics from British Early Neolithic Timber Structures
This thesis is a study of the rectangular timber framed structures of the early Neolithic from Britain. Recent discoveries through both research and developer funded projects have significantly increased the number and variety of these buildings now known, but they are the subject of heated and contentious debate. The key themes of the origins of agriculture, degree and character of mobility, and domestic or ritual use, place these structures at the heart of arguments on the nature and means of transition from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic period. This thesis brings together material from both published and unpublished examples, to examine the date and character of their construction and explore their internal use. The case studies discussed in detail are: Balbridie, Claish, Lockerbie, Warren Field, Lismore field, Pilgrim's Way, White Horse Stone, Yarnton, Llandegai and Parc Bryn Cegin. The ecofactual and artefactual information associated with these structures is evaluated using a variety of spatial and material culture analysis techniques, to interpret the range of ways in which they were utilised and inhabited. In addition, an original functional microwear analysis of the stone tools found in and around
Debert, Jolene
Functional Microwear Analysis of Lithics from British Early Neolithic Timber Structures. This thesis is a study of the rectangular timber framed structures of the early Neolithic from Britain. Recent discoveries through both research and developer funded projects have significantly increased the number and variety of these buildings now known, but they are the subject of heated and contentious debate. The key themes of the origins of agriculture, degree and character of mobility, and domestic or ritual use, place these structures at the heart of arguments on the nature and means of transition from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic period. This thesis brings together material from both published and unpublished examples, to examine the date and character of their construction and explore their internal use. The case studies discussed in detail are: Balbridie, Claish, Lockerbie, Warren Field, Lismore field, Pilgrim's Way, White Horse Stone, Yarnton, Llandegai and Parc Bryn Cegin. The ecofactual and artefactual information associated with these structures is evaluated using a variety of spatial and material culture analysis techniques, to interpret the range of ways in which they were utilised and inhabited. In addition, an original functional microwear analysis of the stone tools found in and around
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