In search of 'the people of La Manche' : a comparative study of funerary practices in the Transmanche region during the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age (2500 BC-1500 BC)
This research project sets out to discover whether archaeological evidence dating between 2500 BC â 1500 BC from supposed funerary contexts in Kent, Flanders and north-eastern Transmanche France is sufficient to make valid comparisons between social and cultural structures on either side of the short-sea Channel region. Evidence from the beginning of the period primarily comes in the form of the widespread Beaker phenomenon. Chapter 5 shows that this class of data is abundant in Kent but quite sparse in the Continental zones - most probably because it has not survived well. This problem also affects the human depositional evidence catalogued in Chapter 6, particularly in Flanders but also in north-eastern Transmanche France. This constricts comparative analysis, however the abundant data from Kent means that general trends are still discernible. The quality and volume of data relating to the distribution, location, morphology and use of circular monuments in all three zones is far better â as demonstrated in Chapter 7 - mostly due to extensive aerial surveying over several decades. When the datasets are taken as a whole, it becomes possible to successfully apply various forms of comparative analyses. Most
Hammond, John Malcolm
CC Archaeology
In search of 'the people of La Manche' : a comparative study of funerary practices in the Transmanche region during the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age (2500 BC-1500 BC). This research project sets out to discover whether archaeological evidence dating between 2500 BC â 1500 BC from supposed funerary contexts in Kent, Flanders and north-eastern Transmanche France is sufficient to make valid comparisons between social and cultural structures on either side of the short-sea Channel region. Evidence from the beginning of the period primarily comes in the form of the widespread Beaker phenomenon. Chapter 5 shows that this class of data is abundant in Kent but quite sparse in the Continental zones - most probably because it has not survived well. This problem also affects the human depositional evidence catalogued in Chapter 6, particularly in Flanders but also in north-eastern Transmanche France. This constricts comparative analysis, however the abundant data from Kent means that general trends are still discernible. The quality and volume of data relating to the distribution, location, morphology and use of circular monuments in all three zones is far better â as demonstrated in Chapter 7 - mostly due to extensive aerial surveying over several decades. When the datasets are taken as a whole, it becomes possible to successfully apply various forms of comparative analyses. Most
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