Close to the Edge
Excavations of Five Cornish Coastal Barrows
Published on 12. December 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
194 pages
978-1-80327-815-5 (ISBN)
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A report of recent excavation of five Early Bronze Age barrows undertaken by Cornwall Archaeological Unit. All are complex monuments revealing episodes of remodelling and reuse. Despite being broadly comparable with similar radiocarbon determinations, there are major differences in both the form and intensity of activity between the
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
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Height: 205 mm
Width: 290 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
704 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80327-815-5 (9781803278155)
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Andy M. Jones BA PhD FSA FSAScot MCIfA is Projects Manager with the Cornwall Archaeological Unit. His PhD focused on the Earlier Bronze Age barrow and monument complexes in Cornwall and South West Britain. His research interests include the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods, as well as the archaeology of the upland and coastal areas of western Britain. Significant publications include Preserved in the Peat: an Extraordinary Bronze Age Burial on Whitehorse Hill, Dartmoor, and its Wider Context and The Drowning of a Cornish Prehistoric Landscape: Tradition, Deposition and Social Responses to Sea Level Rise. His recent research has been concerned with the prehistory of Penwith and Mount's Bay.