The Neolithic of Northern England in a New Light
Published on 15. April 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-78925-360-3 (ISBN)
Description
These papers highlight recent archaeological work in Northern England, in thecommercial, academic and community archaeology sectors, which have fundamentallychanged our perspective on the Neolithic of the area. Much of this was new work (andmuch is still not published) has been overlooked in the national discourse. It is worthnoting that this would be the first volume dedicated to the Neolithic of northernEngland since Neolithic Studies in No Man's Land in 1996 and would complimentOxbow's volume Prehistory without borders, which focused on the Tyne-Forth areaover a wider time span.
The papers cover a wide geographical area, from Lancashire north into the ScottishLowlands, recognising the irrelevance of the England/Scotland Border. They also take abroad chronological sweep, from the Mesolithic/Neolithic transition to theintroduction of Beakers into the area. The key themes are: the nature of transition; theneed for a much-improved chronological framework; regional variation linked tolandscape character; links within northern England and with distant places; theimplications of new dating for our understanding `the axe trade; the changing natureof settlement and agriculture; the character early Neolithic enclosures; the need tointegrate rock art into wider discourse.
The papers cover a wide geographical area, from Lancashire north into the ScottishLowlands, recognising the irrelevance of the England/Scotland Border. They also take abroad chronological sweep, from the Mesolithic/Neolithic transition to theintroduction of Beakers into the area. The key themes are: the nature of transition; theneed for a much-improved chronological framework; regional variation linked tolandscape character; links within northern England and with distant places; theimplications of new dating for our understanding `the axe trade; the changing natureof settlement and agriculture; the character early Neolithic enclosures; the need tointegrate rock art into wider discourse.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
b/w and colour
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 216 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78925-360-3 (9781789253603)
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Persons
Gill Hey is CEO of Oxford Archaeology with research interests in Neolithic Britain. Paul Frodsham is recently retired as archaeologist for the Northumberland National Park.
Content
Prelims
Introduction - Paul Frodsham & Gill Hey
Langdale and the northern Neolithic - Richard Bradley & Aaron Watson
Mesolithic/Neolithic transitions at Stainton West on the River Eden - Fraser Brown
The last hunter of a wise race: Evidence for Neolithic practices in Northern Britain -
Seren Griffiths
A view from north of the border - Alison Sheridan
New lights on the Neolithic: a perspective from North East England - Clive Waddington
Out of the shadows: an emerging Neolithic in the Yorkshire Dales - Yvonne Luke
Recent work on the Neolithic landscapes of Cumbria and North Lancashire - Helen
Evans, Antony Dickson & Denise Druce
Recent work at Long Meg, Cumbria - Paul Frodsham
`Weird and atypical, even degenerate'... or then again, maybe not? Early Neolithic
enclosures in the North - Alistair Oswald
Monumentality in Neolithic Britain: The Case of Southwest Scotland - Julian Thomas
The end of the Neolithic? Kirkhaugh and the earliest Bell Beakers in northern England -
Andrew Fitzpatrick & Paul Frodsham
Documenting British rock art: a review of the `big picture' - Kate Sharpe
Street House in the Neolithic period - Stephen Sherlock
Two newly-identified possible `hengiform' monuments in the North Pennines - Stewart
Ainsworth, David McOmish, Al Oswald and Andrew Payne
Conclusions - Richard Bradley
Introduction - Paul Frodsham & Gill Hey
Langdale and the northern Neolithic - Richard Bradley & Aaron Watson
Mesolithic/Neolithic transitions at Stainton West on the River Eden - Fraser Brown
The last hunter of a wise race: Evidence for Neolithic practices in Northern Britain -
Seren Griffiths
A view from north of the border - Alison Sheridan
New lights on the Neolithic: a perspective from North East England - Clive Waddington
Out of the shadows: an emerging Neolithic in the Yorkshire Dales - Yvonne Luke
Recent work on the Neolithic landscapes of Cumbria and North Lancashire - Helen
Evans, Antony Dickson & Denise Druce
Recent work at Long Meg, Cumbria - Paul Frodsham
`Weird and atypical, even degenerate'... or then again, maybe not? Early Neolithic
enclosures in the North - Alistair Oswald
Monumentality in Neolithic Britain: The Case of Southwest Scotland - Julian Thomas
The end of the Neolithic? Kirkhaugh and the earliest Bell Beakers in northern England -
Andrew Fitzpatrick & Paul Frodsham
Documenting British rock art: a review of the `big picture' - Kate Sharpe
Street House in the Neolithic period - Stephen Sherlock
Two newly-identified possible `hengiform' monuments in the North Pennines - Stewart
Ainsworth, David McOmish, Al Oswald and Andrew Payne
Conclusions - Richard Bradley