Musson, C. R. (1969). House-plans and prehistory. Current Archaeol 2. Vol 2, pp. 267-277.
 Title The title of the publication or report |
House-plans and prehistory | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Issue The name of the volume or issue |
Current Archaeol 2 | ||||
Series The series the publication or report is included in |
Current Archaeology | ||||
Volume Volume number and part |
2 | ||||
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. |
267 - 277 | ||||
Biblio Note This is a Bibliographic record only. |
Please note that this is a bibliographic record only, as originally entered into the BIAB database. The ADS have no files for download, and unfortunately cannot advise further on where to access hard copy or digital versions. | ||||
Publication Type The type of publication - report, monograph, journal article or chapter from a book |
Journal | ||||
Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report |
The size and basic structural pattern of our Bronze Age circular huts has probably been completely misjudged in the past, with important repercussions on our EIA interpretations. In particular the BA houses set on hill slope platforms (eg Amberley Mount) are likely to be quite large houses whose outer walls rested on the scarp, not small huts set entirely within the platform. The trodden chalk area represents the main living portion within the post-ring, distinct from the less worn storage/sleeping area outside it. In this interpretation the normal diameter of a BA house is 30ft or more, and a long ancestry emerges for the double- and multi-ring EIA houses. Further, Little Woodbury I loses its uniqueness if reinterpreted as one house rebuilt once in its entirety; its central quartet of posts probably represents a granary of a quite separate phase. Five basic structural systems suitable for BA/EIA round houses are illustrated; there is an urgent need to seek ethnographic parallels and to decide on criteria for classification. A tailpiece discusses EIA houses at Whitton (Glamorgan) and Llandegai (Caernarvonshire). | ||||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
1969 | ||||
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. |
|
||||
Source Where the record has come from or which dataset it was orginally included in. |
BIAB
(British Archaeological Abstracts (BAA))
|
||||
Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered |
05 Dec 2008 |
