Evans, J. G. and Simpson, D. D A. (1991). Giants' Hills 2 long barrow, Skendleby, Lincolnshire. Archaeologia 109. Vol 109, pp. 1-45.
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Giants' Hills 2 long barrow, Skendleby, Lincolnshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Archaeologia 109 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Archaeologia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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109 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 - 45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Report concerning one of two Neolithic longbarrows in this parish excavated between 1975-76. The earliest features, dated to 3000-3500 bc, were a façade of posts and fencing and a mortuary area of two massive half-treetrunk posts. Shortly after 3000 bc disarticulated human bones, two skulls, several long bones and a few other pieces representing at least three individuals, were placed on the ground surface between the two split treetrunk posts and the façade was burnt to the ground. The barrow was built around and on top of the mortuary area and over the area previously covered by the façade. The mound material was derived from a quarry ditch which surrounded the barrow without a break and was backfilled at the west end. Molluscan analysis was applied to the barrow soil and the infill of the ditches revealing that the dense deciduous woodland that had covered the area in the mid Postglacial was cleared c 3500 bc and the area partly cultivated. An abundance of Peterborough ware, charcoal and animal bone indicates a period of reuse in the later Neolithic and there was evidence for backfilling at one stage. There was a short episode of tillage in the Beaker period and a long episode of grassland in the Bronze and Iron Ages. Overploughing from the Roman period onwards has led to the near total destruction of the site. Au(adapted) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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05 Dec 2008 |
