Life and death in the ‘Neolithic
Dwelling-scapes in southern Britain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7202599 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin P King (The University of Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 323-345 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-9571 • E-ISSN: 1741-2722 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1179/eja.2001.4.3.323 |
| OpenAlex | W2051770235 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 70 |
Using recent work relating to subsistence and residential patterns in the British ‘Neolithic’, I argue that the dispersal of human skeletal material, characteristic of the ‘Neolithic’ in southern Britain, can be seen as the ‘fall-out’ of a dispersed and mobile pattern of residence. This pattern of human skeletal material can therefore be viewed independently from any specific complex and multiple-stage mortuary processes. Further, the role of the stone, timber and earthen constructions that frame this mobile ‘dwelling-scape’ is viewed in relation to their changing visibility as the vegetation changed. I reach the conclusion that the ‘Neolithic’ of southern Britain was one of dispersed and mobile human activity within a dwelling-scape, which was itself in constant flux
Agriculture · Archaeology · Biological dispersal · Biology · Geography · Population · Residence · Scape · Sociology · Subsistence agriculture · Vegetation (pathology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Demography · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2011 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |