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Oxford J Archaeol 27 (2)
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Oxford J Archaeol 27 (2)
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Oxford Journal of Archaeology
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27 (2)
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Journal
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Barry Cunliffe
Helena Hamerow
Nicholas Purcell
Chris Gosden
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Blackwell Publishing
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2008
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/ojoa/27/2
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07 May 2008
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Islandscapes and `islandness': the prehistoric Isle of Man in the Irish seascape
Catherine Frieman
135 - 151
The paper explores the role of the Isle of Man in the prehistory of the Irish Sea area through an examination of its changing islandscape from the Neolithic through the Iron Age. It was far from insular during prehistory, but the social and economic interactions of prehistoric Manx people around the Irish Sea and beyond were heavily affected by their water-bound environment. It is argued that the way that the prehistoric Manx perceived their boundaries and their coastal situation is reflected in their ritual and social landscape, their preferential use of coastal areas for monumental architecture, and in the choices they made with regard to the island landscape they inhabited, and that this culturally constructed sense of islandness allowed the prehistoric Manx people to maintain distinctive local cultures while still playing an active role in the larger Irish Sea region.
Houses for the dead and cairns for the living; a reconsideration of the Early to Middle Bronze Age transition in south-west England
Andy M Jones
153 - 174
The Early to Middle Bronze Age transition period has often been interpreted as involving a move to `rational' food-producing societies. More recently, models have been advanced which have highlighted the presence of ritualized practices within Middle Bronze Age society. However, many of these interpretations have largely been based upon evidence from excavated settlements in central southern England. The paper examines the need to consider the transition period at a more localized level and presents the evidence from southwest England.
Iron Age diet at Glastonbury Lake Village: the isotopic evidence for negligible aquatic resou...
Mandy Jay
201 - 216
The British Iron Age site at Glastonbury Lake Village in Somerset is well known for the extensive and prolonged excavations, the comprehensive publications and the superb preservation of organic remains. The environmental material recovered has led to detailed discussion about the nature of the inhabitants' diet. In particular, the recovery of fish and bird bone has led to speculation about the consumption of foods from the wetlands. Previous carbon and nitrogen isotopic analysis of British Iron Age skeletal material has failed to detect significant levels of aquatic resources in the diet during this period, even where sites are located directly on the coast or close to river systems. There is also very little archaeological evidence to suggest that fishing was a major subsistence strategy. The isotopic analysis of skeletal material from Glastonbury Lake Village was undertaken with the hypothesis that if aquatic resources were to be found at significant levels in the diet of a British Iron Age community, this was a site which might reveal it. The results suggest that such consumption is not visible isotopically and was negligible. Includes
Appendix.; Analytical methods
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