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The Earlier Prehistoric Settlement of Cranborne Chase-the First Results of Current Fieldwork

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2011

John Barrett ,
Richard Bradley ,
Martin Green  and
Barry Lewis
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Summary

This paper offers a provisional assessment of the development of settlement in part of Cranborne Chase between the Mesolithic and the Late Bronze Age. It builds upon the results of Pitt Rivers' work in this region between 1880 and 1900, as well as more recent excavation and field survey. Special emphasis is placed on three factors: the relationship between activity in this area and settlement both in central Wessex and on the coastal plain; the place of the more prominent ‘public’ monuments in contemporary patterns of settlement and exchange; and the relationship between cemeteries and contemporary living sites. We present the first results from the extensive excavation of two Deverel-Rimbury enclosures and associated barrows, and a new analysis of Pitt Rivers' work on the urnfield at Handley Barrow 24.

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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 61 , Issue 2 , September 1981 , pp. 203 - 237
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1981

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