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The Bronze Age Settlement at Thorny Down: pots, post-holes and patterning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

Ann Ellison
Ann Ellison*
Affiliation:
Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit, P.O. Box 363, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT
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Abstract

The structures and artefact patterning of the Bronze Age settlement at Thorny Down are re-examined in the light of newly discovered documentation from the original excavation. Two phases of settlement are recognized, the earlier one pre-Deverel-Rimbury. Analysis of artefact patterns allows the functional interpretation of different structural types. Four settlement units can be identified, similar to recurring modules previously defined on Middle Bronze-Age sites in southern England.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 53 , Issue 1 , 1987 , pp. 385 - 392
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1987

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