A tale of the unknown unknowns : a Mesolithic pit alignment and a Neolithic timber hall at Warren Field, Crathes, Aberdeenshire

A tale of the unknown unknowns a Mesolithic pit alignment and a Neolithic timber hall at Warren Field, Crathes, Aberdeenshire

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The site of Warren Field in Scotland revealed two unusual and enigmatic features; an alignment of pits and a large, rectangular feature interpreted as a timber building. Excavations confirmed that the timber structure was an early Neolithic building and that the pits had been in use from the Mesolit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Murray, Hilary, author (author), Murray, J. C., author (contributor), Fraser, Shannon M., author, Crone, Anne, contributor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; Oakville : Oxbow Books [2009]
Materias:
Mesolithic period > Scotland > Aberdeenshire.
Neolithic period > Scotland > Aberdeenshire.
Dwellings, Prehistoric > Scotland > Aberdeenshire.
Plant remains (Archaeology) > Scotland > Aberdeenshire.
Palynology > Scotland > Aberdeenshire.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Scotland > Aberdeenshire.
Warren Field Site (Scotland)
Aberdeenshire (Scotland) > Antiquities.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009655349406719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Contributors; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: The Warren Field Project: place and context; 1.1 Background to the excavation; 1.2 Geomorphic setting; Chapter 2: A line in the landscape: the pit alignment circa 8210-3650 cal BC; 2.1 The excavated evidence; 2.2 Palaeoenvironmental synthesis; 2.3 Discussion of the pit alignment; Chapter 3: A new kind of place: the timber hall circa 3820-3690 cal BC; 3.1 The excavated evidence; 3.2 Palaeoenvironmental synthesis; 3.3 Discussion of the structure
  • 3.4 The timber hall and the emergence of new ways of living3.5 Biographies of people and place; Chapter 4: The local context: other sites on the Crathes Castle Estate; 4.1 Other features in the Warren Field; 4.2 Neolithic features on the Crathes Castle Overflow Car Park site; Chapter 5: Radiocarbon dating; 5.1 The radiocarbon dating of the pit alignment and the timber hall; Chapter 6: The finds; 6.1 The pottery; 6.2 Organic residue analysis of pottery samples from Warren Field timber hall and the Crathes Castle Overflow Car Park site; 6.3 Stone tools; 6.4 A possible carbonised wooden bowl
  • EpilogueAppendices; Appendix 1: Details of features in the timber hall (Table 15); Appendix 2: Thin section descriptions (Table 16); Appendix 3: Pollen data (Tables 17-19); Bibliography

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