A Bayesian Radiocarbon Chronology of the Early Neolithic of Yorkshire and Humberside

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ID11611840
AutoresGriffith (0000-0001-5168-9897, Manchester Metropolitan University, autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume171
Fascículo1
Páginas2-29
Data de publicação2014-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoArchaeological Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0066-5983 • E-ISSN: 2373-2288
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00665983.2014.11078260
OpenAlexW2077288347
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12
Referências citadas42

The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition is one of the mostly hotly (and vociferously) debated periods of British prehistory. Chronology has been key to this discussion. Informal ‘visual’ interpretations of radiocarbon data used both to argue for a rapid uptake of Neolithic practices by indigenous Mesolithic populations, and for the introduction by Continental settlers and then the rapid acculturation by local populations. This paper offers new evidence for the timing of the beginning of the Neolithic in Yorkshire and Humberside, an area with a range of monuments that have been a focus of research into early Neolithic communities. From this new synthesis it is possible to suggest implications for our understanding of ‘neolithization’, but also as to provide the basis for critical future research themes

Acculturation · Archaeology · Chronology · Ethnology · Geography · Immigration · Indigenous · Mesolithic · Prehistory · Radiocarbon dating · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Ecology · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology