Thirlings

A Neolithic Site in Northumberland

Bibliographic Data

ID11613261
AuthorsRoger Miket (Miller Group (Canada), corresponding author), Ben Edward (0000-0003-3518-2193, Edwards (United Kingdom)), Benjamin Edwards, Colm O’Brien, Colm O'Brien
Year2008
Volume165
Issue1
Pages1-106
Publication date2008-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchaeological Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0066-5983 • E-ISSN: 2373-2288
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00665983.2008.11020746
OpenAlexW2006932179
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited38

Excavation at Thirlings, Northumberland revealed very extensive pit and post-pit features of Neolithic date. Some were suggestive of circular, trapezoidal and possibly rectangular structures. Radiocarbon dates indicate activity commencing around the beginning of the fourth millennium BC and continuing intermittently until at least the mid-third millennium BC. The pottery assemblage was substantial, and included Early Neolithic Carinated Bowl, and later Neolithic pottery in a variety of impressed styles that include Peterborough Wares as well as Grooved Ware. This collection adds considerably to the pottery record from the period in Northumberland. There was some evidence for cereal cultivation. Spatial analysis of deposition on the site was undertaken alongside the abrasion analysis of the pottery sherds. Mechanisms to explain the findings are discussed, and the nature of occupation on the site is interpreted in light of recent thinking on the nature of the British Neolithic

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Assemblage (archaeology · Beaker · Excavation · Geography · Period (music · Pottery · Radiocarbon dating · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology