John W Hedges
Biographic Data
| ID | 384627 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John W Hedges |
| GIVEN NAMES | John W |
| FAMILY NAME | Hedges |
| SIGNATURE | HEDGES J W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oxford Archaeology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Coopers' crozes
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Bronze Age Structures at Tougs, Burra Isle, Shetland
The 1977 excavation in Shetland of typical examples of an oval stone house, burnt mound, and field system, is reported on. The findings, including the dates — have implications for the elucidation of Shetland's prehistory, and are discussed. The assemblages of crude stone implements and quartz were specially collected and studied and the conclusions are innovatory. The survey of Burra Isle published in GAJ 11 (Hedges 1984) was complementary to th…
Tomb of the Eagles
Gordon Parry's West Burra Survey
In the course of casual fieldwalking during the early part of the Tougs excavations, Parry observed a number of field monuments on West Burra which were not included in the Royal Commission Inventory (1946), the Ordnance Survey Antiquity Cards (nd) or Colder's list of ‘neolithic’ houses, cairns and burnt mounds (1956; 1963). These sites included houses with field systems, spatially associated and seemingly unassociated burnt mounds, and dykes whi…
Trial excavations on Pictish and Viking settlements at Saevar Howe, Birsay, Orkney
This mound was excavated by James Farrer in 1862 and 1867 and, although many finds were recovered, the primitive methods employed did not allow a satisfactory interpretation of the site to be formed. A long cist cemetery was discovered, and an iron bell recovered from it. Fresh excavations took place in 1977 and, although not completed, showed, with the help of stratigraphy and radiocarbon dates, that a Viking settlement overlay a Pictish one. Th…
Short cists recently excavated at Lower Ellibister and other locations in Orkney
An account of eleven undatable short cists containing cremation burials and vitreous material but no grave-goods. A R
A Neolithic multiple burial from Sumburgh, Shetland
Chance discovery of human bones by contractors at Sumburgh Airport, Shetland, was followed by belated and hasty archaeological investigation of what remained. This and subsequent work shows the site to have consisted of the remains of at least 18 individuals interred in a cist together with various grave goods during a very early part of the Neolithic. The discovery is of major importance; not only are the dated finds and skeletal remains without…
A long cist at Sandside, Graemsay, Orkney
That tower of Scottish prehistory-the broch
MacKie, the foremost Scottish scholar to address himself in recent years to the study of brochs, has said, with characteristic firmness, that 'brochs are among the most striking of all the prehistoric monuments of Europe' (1975, 72). Certainly this is so, and ever since the first real awakening of interest in Scottish antiquities around the midnineteenth century the broch has always been felt to be Scotland's archaeological show-piece. Yet, close…
Excavations at Dun Mhic Choigil, Kintyre
Excavation of two Orcadian burnt mounds at Liddle and Beaquoy
ND 464841; HY 301219. Extensive excavation of two 'burnt mounds' suggests that, in Orkney at least, they are the remains of permanent farming settlements. Both mounds covered traces of substantial stone buildings associated with flat-rimmed ware, hammerstones, stone ard-shares, quernstones and flint implements. Radiocarbon and thermoluminescence analyses gave dates in the range 1300-100 BC. The discussion includes a detailed survey of the evidenc…
Dating a Settlement Pattern by Thermoluminescence
Dating a Settlement Pattern by Thermoluminescence
That tower of Scottish prehistory-the broch
MacKie, the foremost Scottish scholar to address himself in recent years to the study of brochs, has said, with characteristic firmness, that 'brochs are among the most striking of all the prehistoric monuments of Europe' (1975, 72). Certainly this is so, and ever since the first real awakening of interest in Scottish antiquities around the midnineteenth century the broch has always been felt to be Scotland's archaeological show-piece. Yet, close…
Excavation of two Orcadian burnt mounds at Liddle and Beaquoy
ND 464841; HY 301219. Extensive excavation of two 'burnt mounds' suggests that, in Orkney at least, they are the remains of permanent farming settlements. Both mounds covered traces of substantial stone buildings associated with flat-rimmed ware, hammerstones, stone ard-shares, quernstones and flint implements. Radiocarbon and thermoluminescence analyses gave dates in the range 1300-100 BC. The discussion includes a detailed survey of the evidenc…
Tomb of the Eagles
Coopers' crozes
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Short cists recently excavated at Lower Ellibister and other locations in Orkney
An account of eleven undatable short cists containing cremation burials and vitreous material but no grave-goods. A R
A long cist at Sandside, Graemsay, Orkney
Dating a Settlement Pattern by Thermoluminescence
Excavation of two Orcadian burnt mounds at Liddle and Beaquoy
ND 464841; HY 301219. Extensive excavation of two 'burnt mounds' suggests that, in Orkney at least, they are the remains of permanent farming settlements. Both mounds covered traces of substantial stone buildings associated with flat-rimmed ware, hammerstones, stone ard-shares, quernstones and flint implements. Radiocarbon and thermoluminescence analyses gave dates in the range 1300-100 BC. The discussion includes a detailed survey of the evidenc…
Excavations at Dun Mhic Choigil, Kintyre
A Neolithic multiple burial from Sumburgh, Shetland
Chance discovery of human bones by contractors at Sumburgh Airport, Shetland, was followed by belated and hasty archaeological investigation of what remained. This and subsequent work shows the site to have consisted of the remains of at least 18 individuals interred in a cist together with various grave goods during a very early part of the Neolithic. The discovery is of major importance; not only are the dated finds and skeletal remains without…
A long cist at Sandside, Graemsay, Orkney
That tower of Scottish prehistory-the broch
MacKie, the foremost Scottish scholar to address himself in recent years to the study of brochs, has said, with characteristic firmness, that 'brochs are among the most striking of all the prehistoric monuments of Europe' (1975, 72). Certainly this is so, and ever since the first real awakening of interest in Scottish antiquities around the midnineteenth century the broch has always been felt to be Scotland's archaeological show-piece. Yet, close…
Short cists recently excavated at Lower Ellibister and other locations in Orkney
An account of eleven undatable short cists containing cremation burials and vitreous material but no grave-goods. A R
Trial excavations on Pictish and Viking settlements at Saevar Howe, Birsay, Orkney
This mound was excavated by James Farrer in 1862 and 1867 and, although many finds were recovered, the primitive methods employed did not allow a satisfactory interpretation of the site to be formed. A long cist cemetery was discovered, and an iron bell recovered from it. Fresh excavations took place in 1977 and, although not completed, showed, with the help of stratigraphy and radiocarbon dates, that a Viking settlement overlay a Pictish one. Th…
Gordon Parry's West Burra Survey
In the course of casual fieldwalking during the early part of the Tougs excavations, Parry observed a number of field monuments on West Burra which were not included in the Royal Commission Inventory (1946), the Ordnance Survey Antiquity Cards (nd) or Colder's list of ‘neolithic’ houses, cairns and burnt mounds (1956; 1963). These sites included houses with field systems, spatially associated and seemingly unassociated burnt mounds, and dykes whi…
Tomb of the Eagles
Bronze Age Structures at Tougs, Burra Isle, Shetland
The 1977 excavation in Shetland of typical examples of an oval stone house, burnt mound, and field system, is reported on. The findings, including the dates — have implications for the elucidation of Shetland's prehistory, and are discussed. The assemblages of crude stone implements and quartz were specially collected and studied and the conclusions are innovatory. The survey of Burra Isle published in GAJ 11 (Hedges 1984) was complementary to th…
Coopers' crozes
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Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 works) · Archaeology (10 works) · History (9 works) · Geography (7 works) · Geology (6 works) · Ancient history (5 works) · Excavation (5 works) · Geology (4 works) · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (4 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (4 works)