C R Wickham-Jones
Biographic Data
| ID | 5704333 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C R Wickham-Jones |
| GIVEN NAMES | C R |
| FAMILY NAME | Wickham-Jones |
| SIGNATURE | WICKHAM-JONES C R |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
New Evidence for Upland Occupation in the Mesolithic of Scotland
This paper discusses the evidence for periodic human activity in the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland from the late 9th millennium to the early 4th millennium cal bc . While contemporary paradigms for Mesolithic Europe acknowledge the significance of upland environments, the archaeological record for these areas is not yet as robust as that for the lowland zone. Results of excavation at Chest of Dee, along the headwaters of the River Dee, are set …
Stefan Karol Kozłowski. Thinking Mesolithic. xiv+546 pages, numerous illustrations. 2009. Oxford
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The Submerged Landscape of Orkney
On the Fringe of Neolithic Europe
(2009). On the Fringe of Neolithic Europe: Excavation of a Chambered Cairn on the Holm of Papa Westray, Orkney. By Anna Ritchie. Archaeological Journal: Vol. 166, No. 1, pp. 238-238
Excavation of Bookan chambered cairn, Sandwick, Orkney
Excavation at the chambered cairn of Bookan, Sandwick, Orkney, in June 2002 revealed that the cairn excavated by James Farrer in 1861, and later described and planned by George Petrie and Henry Dryden, was only the primary phase in the history of the site. After the site had fallen into disrepair or been deliberately slighted, the original cairn, c. 7m in diameter, was incorporated in a stepped cairn or platform, c. 16m in diameter, bounded by th…
A possible Neolithic settlement at Milton of Leys, Inverness
Excavations by Headland Archaeology identified a cluster of small pits and post-holes at Milton of Leys, Inverness, Highland Council. Neolithic Grooved Ware, including one vessel in the Durrington Walls sub-style, was recovered from several of the features, which appear to be domestic in function. At present, this is the most northerly example of pottery in the Durrington Walls sub-style. Furthermore, radiocarbon dating has determined that this v…
Neolithic and later prehistoric structures, and early medieval metal-working, at Blairhall Burn, Amisfield, Dumfriesshire
Discusses excavations which revealed evidence for multiple phases of activity including two burnt mounds, two round-houses, part of a probable ring-groove structure which may be a platform house and a metal-working area, with the main foci on the Late Neolithic, Bronze Age and early medieval periods. There are specialist contributions on: ceramics from all periods in the `Pottery report' by Trevor Cowie (70--5); `Coarse stone artefacts' by Caroli…
A rural medieval settlement in Roxburghshire
Few medieval rural settlements have been identified or excavated in Scotland.The site at Springwood Park survived in a ploughed field and was identified by scatters of medieval pottery.Excavation revealed only part of the settlement, a row of buildings on a river terrace which was occupied from the late 12th to the 14th century.Three main periods were identified, followed by levelling and abandonment.The earliest period featured post-set structur…
Studies on the Early Settlement of Scotland and Ireland
Excavations at Farm Fields, Kinloch, Rhum 1984-85
Excavations on Rhum have revealed extensive evidence of mesolithic occupation with pits, postholes and a lithic assemblage including over 200 microliths. A range of radiocarbon dates, beginning early in the seventh millennium be, indicates that hunter-gatherer activity may have continued intermittently on the site for around four thousand years
Sites of the third millennium BC to the first millennium AD at North Mains, Strathallan, Perthshire
Three sites were excavated: a class II henge, a massive round barrow and a pair of ring-ditches. Five periods of activity were noted on the henge site: I - pre henge-bank activity, including one burial; II - the class II henge, a ditch with an external bank enclosing a timber ring (late third millennium BC); III - burial and ritual/domestic activity, the former associated with food vessels, cinerary urns and a beaker, the latter with beaker mater…
Excavations at Ardnave, Islay
This paper describes the excavation of a series of structures discovered in the sand-dunes at Ardnave, Islay, between 1977 and 1980. The earliest structure was a house, probably of several periods, associated with food-vessel pottery. Subsequently the house was covered by blown sand, but later occupation was attested by midden material, also with food vessels, overlying the earlier building. There were also two hearths of late Iron Age date, one …
Excavations at Druim Arstail, Oronsay, 1911–12
An account of M Buchanan's excavations on the mesolithic and later site on Oronsay in 1911–12 is given, based on mss in the Hunlerian Museum. No distinct occupation areas seem to have been uncovered, and theflint and quartz tools have to be treated as stray finds in the sand dunes. The tools are catalogued and analysed, and appear to include material dating to most periods from mesolithic limes down to the early bronze age
Sites of the third millennium BC to the first millennium AD at North Mains, Strathallan, Perthshire
Three sites were excavated: a class II henge, a massive round barrow and a pair of ring-ditches. Five periods of activity were noted on the henge site: I - pre henge-bank activity, including one burial; II - the class II henge, a ditch with an external bank enclosing a timber ring (late third millennium BC); III - burial and ritual/domestic activity, the former associated with food vessels, cinerary urns and a beaker, the latter with beaker mater…
Studies on the Early Settlement of Scotland and Ireland
New Evidence for Upland Occupation in the Mesolithic of Scotland
This paper discusses the evidence for periodic human activity in the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland from the late 9th millennium to the early 4th millennium cal bc . While contemporary paradigms for Mesolithic Europe acknowledge the significance of upland environments, the archaeological record for these areas is not yet as robust as that for the lowland zone. Results of excavation at Chest of Dee, along the headwaters of the River Dee, are set …
A possible Neolithic settlement at Milton of Leys, Inverness
Excavations by Headland Archaeology identified a cluster of small pits and post-holes at Milton of Leys, Inverness, Highland Council. Neolithic Grooved Ware, including one vessel in the Durrington Walls sub-style, was recovered from several of the features, which appear to be domestic in function. At present, this is the most northerly example of pottery in the Durrington Walls sub-style. Furthermore, radiocarbon dating has determined that this v…
Neolithic and later prehistoric structures, and early medieval metal-working, at Blairhall Burn, Amisfield, Dumfriesshire
Discusses excavations which revealed evidence for multiple phases of activity including two burnt mounds, two round-houses, part of a probable ring-groove structure which may be a platform house and a metal-working area, with the main foci on the Late Neolithic, Bronze Age and early medieval periods. There are specialist contributions on: ceramics from all periods in the `Pottery report' by Trevor Cowie (70--5); `Coarse stone artefacts' by Caroli…
A rural medieval settlement in Roxburghshire
Few medieval rural settlements have been identified or excavated in Scotland.The site at Springwood Park survived in a ploughed field and was identified by scatters of medieval pottery.Excavation revealed only part of the settlement, a row of buildings on a river terrace which was occupied from the late 12th to the 14th century.Three main periods were identified, followed by levelling and abandonment.The earliest period featured post-set structur…
Excavations at Ardnave, Islay
This paper describes the excavation of a series of structures discovered in the sand-dunes at Ardnave, Islay, between 1977 and 1980. The earliest structure was a house, probably of several periods, associated with food-vessel pottery. Subsequently the house was covered by blown sand, but later occupation was attested by midden material, also with food vessels, overlying the earlier building. There were also two hearths of late Iron Age date, one …
Excavations at Druim Arstail, Oronsay, 1911–12
An account of M Buchanan's excavations on the mesolithic and later site on Oronsay in 1911–12 is given, based on mss in the Hunlerian Museum. No distinct occupation areas seem to have been uncovered, and theflint and quartz tools have to be treated as stray finds in the sand dunes. The tools are catalogued and analysed, and appear to include material dating to most periods from mesolithic limes down to the early bronze age
Sites of the third millennium BC to the first millennium AD at North Mains, Strathallan, Perthshire
Three sites were excavated: a class II henge, a massive round barrow and a pair of ring-ditches. Five periods of activity were noted on the henge site: I - pre henge-bank activity, including one burial; II - the class II henge, a ditch with an external bank enclosing a timber ring (late third millennium BC); III - burial and ritual/domestic activity, the former associated with food vessels, cinerary urns and a beaker, the latter with beaker mater…
Excavations at Ardnave, Islay
This paper describes the excavation of a series of structures discovered in the sand-dunes at Ardnave, Islay, between 1977 and 1980. The earliest structure was a house, probably of several periods, associated with food-vessel pottery. Subsequently the house was covered by blown sand, but later occupation was attested by midden material, also with food vessels, overlying the earlier building. There were also two hearths of late Iron Age date, one …
Excavations at Farm Fields, Kinloch, Rhum 1984-85
Excavations on Rhum have revealed extensive evidence of mesolithic occupation with pits, postholes and a lithic assemblage including over 200 microliths. A range of radiocarbon dates, beginning early in the seventh millennium be, indicates that hunter-gatherer activity may have continued intermittently on the site for around four thousand years
Studies on the Early Settlement of Scotland and Ireland
Neolithic and later prehistoric structures, and early medieval metal-working, at Blairhall Burn, Amisfield, Dumfriesshire
Discusses excavations which revealed evidence for multiple phases of activity including two burnt mounds, two round-houses, part of a probable ring-groove structure which may be a platform house and a metal-working area, with the main foci on the Late Neolithic, Bronze Age and early medieval periods. There are specialist contributions on: ceramics from all periods in the `Pottery report' by Trevor Cowie (70--5); `Coarse stone artefacts' by Caroli…
A rural medieval settlement in Roxburghshire
Few medieval rural settlements have been identified or excavated in Scotland.The site at Springwood Park survived in a ploughed field and was identified by scatters of medieval pottery.Excavation revealed only part of the settlement, a row of buildings on a river terrace which was occupied from the late 12th to the 14th century.Three main periods were identified, followed by levelling and abandonment.The earliest period featured post-set structur…
A possible Neolithic settlement at Milton of Leys, Inverness
Excavations by Headland Archaeology identified a cluster of small pits and post-holes at Milton of Leys, Inverness, Highland Council. Neolithic Grooved Ware, including one vessel in the Durrington Walls sub-style, was recovered from several of the features, which appear to be domestic in function. At present, this is the most northerly example of pottery in the Durrington Walls sub-style. Furthermore, radiocarbon dating has determined that this v…
Excavation of Bookan chambered cairn, Sandwick, Orkney
Excavation at the chambered cairn of Bookan, Sandwick, Orkney, in June 2002 revealed that the cairn excavated by James Farrer in 1861, and later described and planned by George Petrie and Henry Dryden, was only the primary phase in the history of the site. After the site had fallen into disrepair or been deliberately slighted, the original cairn, c. 7m in diameter, was incorporated in a stepped cairn or platform, c. 16m in diameter, bounded by th…
The Submerged Landscape of Orkney
On the Fringe of Neolithic Europe
(2009). On the Fringe of Neolithic Europe: Excavation of a Chambered Cairn on the Holm of Papa Westray, Orkney. By Anna Ritchie. Archaeological Journal: Vol. 166, No. 1, pp. 238-238
Stefan Karol Kozłowski. Thinking Mesolithic. xiv+546 pages, numerous illustrations. 2009. Oxford
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
New Evidence for Upland Occupation in the Mesolithic of Scotland
This paper discusses the evidence for periodic human activity in the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland from the late 9th millennium to the early 4th millennium cal bc . While contemporary paradigms for Mesolithic Europe acknowledge the significance of upland environments, the archaeological record for these areas is not yet as robust as that for the lowland zone. Results of excavation at Chest of Dee, along the headwaters of the River Dee, are set …
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