Cornish Bronze Age ceremonial landscapes c. 2500-1500 BC

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    • Jones, Andy M.

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Cornish Bronze Age ceremonial landscapes c. 2500-1500 BC

Andy M. Jones

(BAR British series, 394)

Archaeopress, 2005

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The purpose of this study is to provide some interpretation and synthesis for Cornwall's regional archaeology. Contents: Introduction and Background - structure and methodology, barrow studies, 18th, 19th, 20th and recent research and models; The Later Neolithic Background and the role of Beakers in Cornwall - comparative studies, ceremonial sites and ritual traditions; The Evidence from the Barrows - dating, the Watch Hill Barrow and Needham's chronology; Barrow Cemeteries and their Landscape; The Role of Bronze Age Barrow Cemeteries in Cornwall - 4 case studies; Devon; Cornish Ceremonial Landscapes - New Interpretations. Appendices include lists of terminology and excavated barrows.

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