Both terms require a definition. For the purposes of this chapter thresholds are found where
different elements were brought into contact with one another and where it was possible for …

The Neolithic of Britain and Ireland provides a synthesis of this dynamic period of prehistory
from the end of the Mesolithic through to the early Beaker period. Drawing on new …

Bronze Age Worlds brings a new way of thinking about kinship to the task of explaining the
formation of social life in Bronze Age Britain and Ireland. Britain and Ireland's diverse …

Figure 24. Looking from the centre of Stonehenge towards the west. 152 Figure 25. At the
Newgrange passage tomb the standing stone GC-1 casts a moving shadow over the highly …

The practice of field archaeology depends on the ability to distinguish between cultural and
natural features of the landscape; the same is true of heritage management. Early …

This paper describes the results from a project to obtain radiocarbon determinations from
Early Bronze Age log coffin burials. Log coffins have been recognised as a burial tradition …

The paper reports on research at two well-preserved Iron Age settlement sites in north-east
Scotland, occupied between the 2nd century BC and 2nd century AD. At Old Kinord …

Dorstone Hill is a broad and relatively flat-topped promontory extending from a narrow
upland watershed ridge situated between the rivers Wye and Dore in south-west …

In 2022, I was invited to contribute to a conference of the European Megalithic Studies
Group. The speakers were asked to choose their own subjects. I considered several options …

Stonehenge is one of the world's most famous prehistoric monuments, built 4,500–5,000
years ago during the Neolithic in a time long before written history. The recent dramatic …