| Title: |
Bronze Age pastoral practices in the Clyde Valley: excavations at West Acres, Newton Mearns
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| Issue: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 135 |
| Series: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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| Volume: |
135
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| Page Start/End: |
471 - 504 |
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| Licence Type: |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
Report on the archaeological excavation in 2002, in advance of housing development, of a roundhouse and associated palisades at West Acres, Newton Mearns. The excavation revealed a ring-groove roundhouse, bounded on the south by a curvilinear palisade trench and on the north by another two curvilinear palisade trenches, one that preceded the roundhouse and another that succeeded the roundhouse. It is proposed that these palisades represent evidence of stock management practices. Charcoal recovered from the roundhouse and the palisade features date this settlement to the second millennium BC. A considerable quantity of pottery sherds was recovered from within the roundhouse and supports a Bronze Age date for the occupation of the site. Separately authored reports include: Pottery; Pottery: petrographic analysis; Chipped stone; Burnt bone; Soil chemistry; Charred macroplant; Charcoal. |
| Year of Publication: |
2005
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| 2002 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Second Millennium Bc (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Palisade Trenches (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Palisade Trench (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Pottery Sherds (Auto Detected Subject) |
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SETTLEMENT
(Monument Type England)
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| Roundhouse (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Charcoal (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Note: |
[OS NS 5300 5585]
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
(ADS Archive)
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| Created Date: |
11 Sep 2006 |
