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Settlement and metalworking in the Middle Bronze Age and beyond : new evidence from Tremough, Cornwall /
Between 2008 and 2011 excavations were undertaken by the Cornwall Archaeological Unit at Tremough, near Penryn, Cornwall. The site is situated on a plateau overlooking the Carrick Roads, historically one of the busiest waterways in Cornwall. The excavations led to a large number of significant archa...
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Leiden :
Sidestone Press,
[2015]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Summary; Background to the investigations; Introduction; Report structure; Terminology used in this report; Overview of work undertaken on the site; Location and setting; The plateau; Geology; PAC building; AIR building and Car Park 4; Results from the excavations; PAC building; Early Neolithic pits ; Prehistoric 'tree-throws'; AIR building; Structure 1; Additional features; Car Park 4; Roundhouse 1; Roundhouse 2; Stone spread/bank and buried soil/old land surface; Enclosure 1; Area south of Car Park 4: Enclosure 2; The prehistoric ceramics
- IntroductionEarly Neolithic pottery from the PAC building; Details of the assemblage; Comment on the PAC assemblage; The pottery from the AIR building and Car Park 4; Introductory comments; Structure 1 ; Roundhouse 1; Roundhouse 2; Adjacent features; Enclosure 1; The prehistoric worked stone artefacts; Structure 1; Roundhouse 1; Enclosure 1 and associated structures; The moulds and metalwork; The moulds; The moulds from Roundhouse 1; The clay moulds from Pit [124] in Enclosure 1; Clay moulds from other contexts in Enclosure 1; The copper-alloy objects ; Copper-alloy objects from Roundhouse 1
- Geochemical analysis of samples from Tremough Preparation; Methods of analysis; Results and discussion ; The lithics; Flint from the PAC building, including Early Neolithic pits [102] and [105]; Raw material sources; Comments by context; Lithics from Roundhouses 1 and 2 and Enclosure 1; Raw material sources; Comments by type; Discussion; The charred plant remains; Charred plant remains; Results ; Early Neolithic pits ; Structure 1 (Earlier Bronze Age); Pit [37] (Romano-British); Roundhouse 1 (Middle Bronze Age); Enclosure 1: ditch and internal features (Late Bronze Age)
- Crop plants and weed assemblagesTriticum sp (wheat); Hordeum sp. (Barley); Avena sp. (Oats); Vicia faba (Celtic Bean); Wild plants; Arable weeds; Grassland taxa; Discussion; Comparison with other earlier and Middle Bronze Age sites in Cornwall; Key to charred plant remains; The charcoal; Methodology; Early Neolithic pits [102] and [105] ; Results; Discussion; Bronze Age ; Results; Structure 1; Roundhouse 1; Late Bronze Age Enclosure 1; Discussion; Woodland resources; Origin of the charcoal assemblages; Conclusions; Radiocarbon dating; Dating strategy; Results from dating programme
- Earlier Neolithic period (circa 3900-3350 cal BC)Earlier Bronze Age period (circa 2400-1400 cal BC); Middle Bronze Age period (circa 1500-1100 cal BC); Late Bronze Age Period (circa 1100-800 cal BC); Discussion: pits, deposition metalworking and circularity; Early Neolithic pits; The PAC building pits; Early Bronze Age activity; Earlier Bronze Age Structure 1; Leaving the structure behind; The setting of Structure 1; Structure 1, a summary; Middle Bronze Age settlement; Roundhouse 1: A 'life' history; Metalworking in the roundhouse and beyond; The setting of Roundhouse 1