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Author:   William Britnell ,  Alasdair Whittle
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
ISBN:  

9781789257397

ISBN 10:   1789257395
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   10 October 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Preface William Britnell Acknowledgements List of figures List of tables Summary   1. Penywyrlod and Gwernvale Neolithic long cairns: context and history Alasdair Whittle 2. Penywyrlod Neolithic long cairn revisited William Britnell with contributions by Adrian Humpage, Martin Roseveare, Anne Roseveare, Daniel Lewis and Charlotte O’Brien 3. Gwernvale Neolithic long cairn reconsidered William Britnell 4. A chronology of the Black Mountains tombs and their place in the early Neolithic of south Wales and the Marches Seren Griffiths 5. The beginnings of agriculture in Wales: the evidence from Gwernvale Astrid Caseldine 6. Neolithic people of the Black Mountains: human remains from Penywyrlod, Pipton and Ty Isaf Michael P. Wysocki 7. ‘Local’ or ‘non-local’? Interpreting isotope results from the Black Mountains long cairns Samantha Neil 8. Isotope evidence of human diets at four Neolithic chambered tombs in south Wales Michael Richards 9. Gwernvale: a review of some of the lithic artefacts Elizabeth A. Walker 10. The Neolithic pottery from Gwernvale: an update and review Alistair J. Barclay 11. Organic residue analysis of Early Neolithic pottery from Gwernvale Isabel L. Wiltshire and Lucy J.E. Cramp 12. The first stones: taking and keeping the land Alasdair Whittle, William Britnell and Seren Griffiths Appendix: Monument conservation at Penywyrlod William Britnell   Sites to visit Bibliography

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"""To be able to follow these processes at this level of detail is fascinating, especially when coupled with results from stable isotope and DNA analysis... That we can revisit those older narratives with new perspectives is very much down to excellent monographs such as this.""--Chris Scarre ""Journal of Anthropological Research, Fall 2023"""

""To be able to follow these processes at this level of detail is fascinating, especially when coupled with results from stable isotope and DNA analysis... That we can revisit those older narratives with new perspectives is very much down to excellent monographs such as this.""--Chris Scarre ""Journal of Anthropological Research, Fall 2023""

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William Britnell is a former director of the Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust and was a joint author of an earlier volume on the Black Mountains tombs – Gwernvale and Penywyrlod: two Neolithic long cairns in the Black Mountains of Brecknock – published in 1984. Alasdair Whittle is an emeritus research professor in archaeology at Cardiff University. He has worked extensively across Britain and Europe, specialising in the study of the Neolithic.

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