Overview

The chronological disjuncture, LBK longhouses have widely been considered to provide ancestral influence for both rectangular and trapezoidal long barrows and cairns, but with the discovery and excavation of more houses in recent times is it possible to observe evidence of more contemporary inspiration. What do the features found beneath long mounds tell us about this and to what extent do they represent domestic structures. Indeed, how can we distinguish between domestic houses or halls and those that may have been constructed for ritual purposes or ended up beneath mounds? Do so called 'mortuary enclosures' reflect ritual or domestic architecture and did side ditches always provide material for a mound or for building construction? This collection of papers seeks to explore the interface between structures often considered to be those of the living with those for the dead.

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Author:   Alistair Barclay ,  David Field ,  Jim Leary
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
Volume:   17
ISBN:  

9781789254105

ISBN 10:   1789254108
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   15 February 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Timothy Darvill and Kenneth Brophy Preface and acknowledgements by Alistair Barcklay, David Field and Jim Leary List of contributors 1. Schroedinger's Cat: Houses for the living and the dead. Jim Leary, David Field and Alistair Barclay 2. Hypogea and the clubhouse: Neolithic Malta's houses of the living and houses of the dead. Robert P. Barratt, Caroline Malone, T. Rowan McLaughlin and Eoin W. Parkinson 3. Houses of the living, houses of the dead: A view from the Polish lowlands. Joanna Pyzel 4. 'Ciceron c'est Poincare'. Dealing with geometry: Neolithic house plans and the earliest monuments. Philippe Chambon 5. The dead and the Linearbandkeramik longhouse. Penny Bickle 6. The long and short of it: Memory and practice in the Early Neolithic of Britain and Ireland. Alasdair Whittle 7. Measuring up: Longhouses, enclosures or mounds? Roy Loveday 8. Houses foundational: Gathering histories at Dorstone Hill, Herefordshire. Keith Ray and Julian Thomas 9. New work on long barrows in Lincolnshire. Denise Drury and Tim Allen 10. A dialogue with the dead? The relationship between an Early Neolithic rectangular timber building and a chambered tomb on Holy Island, Anglesey, north-west Wales. Jane Kenney 11. House of the living, house of the dead: An open and shut case from Ballyglass, Co. Mayo? Jessica Smyth 12. Shaky foundations: Romantic nationalism and the development of the 'Irish model' of Neolithic settlement. Andrew Whitefield 13. Structure, metaphor and funerary practices in Neolithic Scotland. Alison Sheridan 14. The state of play. Frances Healy

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This electic collection of essays derives from a Neolithic Studies Group seminar held in 2018, and is informed by a wealth of new data. * British Archaeology * As a collection, these papers very forcefully stress the novelty, diversity and creative recombination that is involved in monument construction in the Neolithic ... Because of its thematic unity and the range of case studies, this is a volume that will enrich the bookshelf of any Neolithic scholar. * Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society *

This electic collection of essays derives from a Neolithic Studies Group seminar held in 2018, and is informed by a wealth of new data. * British Archaeology *

Author Information

Alistair Barclay current works as Principal Post-Excavation Manager for Cotswold Archaeology and has been involved in publication for nearly 30 years in which time he has contributed to more than a dozen monographs as co-author/editor, he has also written and edited numerous articles. He was co-editor of NSG 4: Pathways and Ceremonies: the cursus monuments of Britain and Ireland. David Field is currently retired but previously worked for English Heritage (Archaeological Investigator) and has published numerous books and research articles. He was co-editor of NSG 7 (Animals in the Neolithic of Britain and Europe) and 10 (Round Mounds and Monumentality in the British Neolithic and Beyond). Jim Leary is a lecturer in archaeology at York University and previously held posts at Reading University and English Heritage. He has also published several books and numerous research papers. He is a co-editor of NSG 10 (see above) and also NSG 14 (Moving on in Neolithic Studies: understanding mobile lives).

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