Climate change, whether gradual or sudden, has frequently been invoked as a causal factor
to explain many aspects of cultural change during the prehistoric and early historic periods …

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 …

Why is it that in some places around the world communities live in villages, while elsewhere
people live in isolated houses scattered across the landscape? How does archaeology …

The late Neolithic and early Bronze Age are periods marked by the construction of
conspicuous concentrations of 'ritual'complexes, used for funerary rituals, seasonal …

The following text is developed from the author's doctoral research. It is organised into five
main sections under the following subjects: 1) Theory, 2) Ritual Practices, 3) Landscape, 4) …

The recognition of ritual and ritualized practices within the setting of Middle Bronze Age
settlements has undoubtedly provided a useful way of interpreting archaeological deposits …

This article attempts to consider the social dimensions of metalworking during the Beaker
period and Bronze Age in southern England. However, any attempt to discuss the social …

In 1990 a stone covered pit containing a Trevisker Ware vessel was found eroding from the
cliffs at Harlyn Bay and excavated. The vessel contained cremated bone from several …

In 1984 the entrance grave at Bosiliack, Cornwall, was excavated by Charles Thomas on
behalf of the Institute of Cornish Studies. It was a comparatively small example …

This thesis explores the lives and death of children during the Bronze and Iron Ages,
focussing on a study area in eastern England. It develops bespoke methods for analysing …