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H 290 x W 205 mm

290 pages

140 illustrated pages

Published Apr 2020

Archaeopress Archaeology

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Paperback: 9781789693591

Digital: 9781789693607

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Keywords
Bronze Age; European Prehistory; Round Barrow; Gloucestershire; Excavations

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Excavation, Analysis and Interpretation of Early Bronze Age Barrows at Guiting Power, Gloucestershire

By Alistair Marshall

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This volume covers the full excavation, analysis and interpretation of two early Bronze Age round barrows at Guiting Power in the Cotswolds, a region where investigation and protection of such sites have been extremely poor, with many barrows unnecessarily lost to erosion, and with most existing excavation partial, and of low quality.

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Contents

Analysis of an Early Bronze Age Round Barrow: A Case Study at Guiting Power 1, Glos. (UK) ;
SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE SITE ;
SECTION 2: OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT ;
SECTION 3: METHODS FOR INVESTIGATION OF THE SITE ;
SECTION 4: STRUCTURAL SEQUENCE AT THE SITE ;
SECTION 5: GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE SITE ;
SECTION 6: FINDS AND SAMPLES FROM THE SITE ;
SECTION 7: SUPPLEMENTARY STUDIES ;
SUPPLEMENTARY STUDY A: Round barrows in the northern Cotswolds: current state of preservation in a selected study area ;
SUPPLEMENTARY STUDY B: Summary of published data on excavated round barrows from the Cotswold region ;
SUPPLEMENTARY STUDY C: Other round barrows in the area: data from geophysical survey ;
SECTION 8: APPENDICES ;
SECTION 9: SUPPORTING INFORMATION/SOURCES ;
SECTION 10: FIGURES AND PLATES ;

Interpretation of an Early Bronze Age Round Barrow: Excavation of the Monument at Guiting Power 3, Glos. (UK) ;
SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE SITE ;
SECTION 2: OBJECTIVES AND METHODS FOR INVESTIGATION OF THE SITE ;
SECTION 3: STRUCTURAL SEQUENCE AT THE SITE ;
SECTION 4: GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE SITE ;
SECTION 5: FINDS AND SAMPLES FROM THE SITE ;
SECTION 6: SUPPORTING INFORMATION/ SOURCES ;
SECTION 7: FIGURES AND PLATES ;

A Brief Review of Post Rings Associated With Earlier Bronze Age Round Barrows in Southern Britain: A Context for the Example at Guiting Power 3, Glos. (UK) ;
SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION ;
SECTION 2: REVIEW OF PUBLISHED INFORMATION ;
SECTION 3: SUMMARIES OF INDIVIDUAL POST RINGS ;
SECTION 4: GENERAL DISCUSSION ;
SECTION 5: SOURCES OF INFORMATION ;
SECTION 6: FIGURES

About the Author

Alistair Marshall has a formal background in archaeology and the natural sciences, general interests in European prehistory, and is currently developing various projects including: application of remote sensing, from broader study of landscapes to detailed interpretation of ritual monuments with related experimental work; structural analysis of megalithic sites, with especial reference to interpretation of axial alignment; investigation of broader aspects of tribal economies during the later Iron Age in Britain and Northwestern Europe.