Beyond the Grave
New Perspectives on Barrows
Published on 22. November 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
180 pages
978-1-84217-258-2 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of fourteen papers presents the latest research into the Neolithic and Bronze Age barrows of Britain.
Reviews / Votes
Paul Garwoods is a key study of practice and chronology based on critical analysis of excavated data.' -- British Archaeology British ArchaeologyMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
b/w illus t/out
Dimensions
Height: 271 mm
Width: 218 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
653 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84217-258-2 (9781842172582)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Jonathan Last has worked in various roles for Historic England (formerly English Heritage) since 2001 and is currently Landscape Strategy Adviser in the Archaeological Investigation team. His research interests are principally focussed on prehistory, especially the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age.
Content
Beyond the grave: new perspectives on barrows (Jonathan Last)
'As thick as two short planks': Neolithic barrows in eastern and southern Britain (Gordon Noble)
Neolithic architecture and participation: practices of making at long barrow sites in southern Britain (Lesley McFadyen)
Before the hills in order stood: chronology, time and history in the interpretation of Early Bronze Age round barrows (Paul Garwood)
A thousand and one things to do with a round barrow (Frances Healy and Jan Harding)
The creation of round barrows on the Mendip Hills, Somerset (Jodie Lewis)
'A bit close for comfort': Early Bronze Age burial in the Cheshire Basin (David Mullin)
Digging deeper into barrow ditches: investigating the making of Early Bronze Age memories in Cornwall (Jacqui Nowakowski)
To build or not to build: Bronze Age monument construction as technological practice (Mary Ann Owoc)
What were you thinking of? Round barrows and the dwelling perspective (Rick Peterson)
Do Barrows Matter? Politics, production and practice in the Welsh Bronze Age (Marcus Brittain)
Covering old ground: barrows as closures (Jonathan Last)
Afterword: barrows as projects (Richard Bradley)
'As thick as two short planks': Neolithic barrows in eastern and southern Britain (Gordon Noble)
Neolithic architecture and participation: practices of making at long barrow sites in southern Britain (Lesley McFadyen)
Before the hills in order stood: chronology, time and history in the interpretation of Early Bronze Age round barrows (Paul Garwood)
A thousand and one things to do with a round barrow (Frances Healy and Jan Harding)
The creation of round barrows on the Mendip Hills, Somerset (Jodie Lewis)
'A bit close for comfort': Early Bronze Age burial in the Cheshire Basin (David Mullin)
Digging deeper into barrow ditches: investigating the making of Early Bronze Age memories in Cornwall (Jacqui Nowakowski)
To build or not to build: Bronze Age monument construction as technological practice (Mary Ann Owoc)
What were you thinking of? Round barrows and the dwelling perspective (Rick Peterson)
Do Barrows Matter? Politics, production and practice in the Welsh Bronze Age (Marcus Brittain)
Covering old ground: barrows as closures (Jonathan Last)
Afterword: barrows as projects (Richard Bradley)