New light on the Neolithic of Northern England / edited by Gill Hey and Paul Frodsham.

"These papers highlight recent archaeological work in Northern England, in the commercial, academic and community archaeology sectors, which have fundamentally changed our perspective on the Neolithic of the area. Much of this was new work (and much is still not published) and has been overlook...

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Other Authors: Hey, Gill (Editor), Frodsham, Paul (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom ; Havertown, PA : Oxbow Books, 2021.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introducing New Light on the Neolithic of Northern England
  • 1. Langdale and the northern Neolithic
  • 2. Stainton West: a late Mesolithic and early Neolithic site on the banks of the River Eden
  • 3. The last hunter of a wise race: evidence for Neolithic practices in northern England
  • 4. 'Weird and atypical, even degenerate' ... or then again, maybe not? Early Neolithic enclosures in the North
  • 5. Documenting English rock art: a review of the 'big picture'
  • 6. New light on the Neolithic: a perspective from north-east England
  • 7. Street House in the Neolithic period
  • 8. Recent work on the Neolithic landscapes of Cumbria and North Lancashire
  • 9. Out of the shadows: an emerging Neolithic in the Yorkshire Dales
  • 10. 'A most noble work', at the heart of Neolithic Britain. Some thoughts on the Long Meg complex in the light of recent fieldwork
  • 11. A view from north of the border
  • 12. Monumentality in Neolithic Britain: the case of south-west Scotland
  • 13. A new survey of the Carles stone circle, Castlerigg, Cumbria.
  • 14. Two newly-identified possible 'hengiform' monuments in the North Pennines
  • 15. The end of the Neolithic? Early Bell Beaker groups in northern England.