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Oxford J Archaeol 23 (1)
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Title:
Oxford J Archaeol 23 (1)
Series
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Series:
Oxford Journal of Archaeology
Volume
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Volume:
23 (1)
Publication Type
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Publication Type:
Journal
Editor
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Editor:
Barry Cunliffe
Helena Hamerow
Nicholas Purcell
Andrew Sherratt
Publisher
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Publisher:
Blackwell Publishing
Year of Publication
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Year of Publication:
2004
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Source:
BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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Created Date:
06 Oct 2004
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Abstract
Tool hoards and Neolithic use of the landscape in north-eastern Ireland
Douglas B Bamforth
Peter C Woodman
21 - 44
Archaeologists frequently suggest that the Neolithic occupants of Ireland and Britain may not have been fully settled farmers but were, instead, at least partially nomadic pastoralists. However, human use of any landscape is more complex than the current debate suggests, and this debate has included few systematic studies designed to evaluate this issue in detail. This paper examines hoards (or `caches') of flaked stone tools in County Antrim, Ireland, to consider the links between anticipatory tool storage and human land-use patterns. The data imply regular human movements over the study area, possibly linked to transhumant use of different altitudinal zones, with functionally and, sometimes, technologically specific classes of tools stored in different areas. However, the larger context of data on the Irish Neolithic clearly indicates that these movements were part of a way of life centred on permanent horticultural homesteads.
Wessex cowboys?
Barry Cunliffe
61 - 81
Recent excavations in Wessex, and the full publication of many of them, have produced a rich variety of evidence reflecting on the dramatic economic and social changes which were taking place in the period c. 1300--600 BC. The underlying trajectory is increased agro-pastoral production, the development of secondary products and the acceptance of new consumption practices. The evidence is presented and a series of scenarios are offered to explain the observed changes.