Fleming, A. (1971). Territorial patterns in Bronze Age Wessex. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 37 (1). Vol 37(1), pp. 138-166.
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Territorial patterns in Bronze Age Wessex | ||||||||
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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 37 (1) | ||||||||
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The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society | ||||||||
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37 (1) | ||||||||
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138 - 166 | ||||||||
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Analysis of barrow densities in Wiltshire and Dorset brings out certain groupings which seem to reflect distinct territories. Two areas stand out for their high proportion of "fancy barrows" distributed densely over fairly narrow linear areas. For various reasons an explanation in differential living densities is unsatisfactory, though there could be a chronological element. The theory of "Wessex undertakers" has severe practical difficulties in its simple form; however, it may be time to revive the concept of Wessex pastoralists. If these visited their traditional grazing grounds in Wessex at certain seasons they could also bring with them any cremations for burial on home ground. Apart from a few ?cultivators in permanent residence, the population would disperse for the rest of the year. The incidence of leatherworking equipment appropriate to pastoralists appears significantly high in the Stonehenge area. Ethnographic parallels for "home base" transhuming populations are plentiful, and their grazing patterns (especially in relation to co-existing cultivators) are well documented. The rise of Wessex power could be due to the phenomenon, common elsewhere, of dominance by pastoralists over cultivators. | ||||||||
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1971 | ||||||||
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05 Dec 2008 |
