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The Street House Wossit: The Excavation of a Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Palisaded Ritual Monument at Street House, Loftus, Cleveland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2022

B. E. Vyner ,
J. Ambers ,
E. Healey ,
J. Innes ,
D. Jelley ,
S. Nye ,
S. Parker  and
J. Turner
B. E. Vyner
Affiliation:
Cleveland Archaeology, Southlands Centre, Ormesby Rd, Middlesbrough TS3 0YZ
J. Ambers
Affiliation:
Research Laboratory, The British Museum, London WC1B 3D6
E. Healey
Affiliation:
Old Fulling Mill Museum, Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, 46 Saddler Street, Durham DH1 3NU
J. Innes
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Durham, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE
D. Jelley
Affiliation:
Archaeology Section, Cleveland County Council, Southlands Centre, Ormesby Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 0YZ
S. Nye
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Durham, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE
S. Parker
Affiliation:
68 Percy Street, Northampton
J. Turner
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Durham, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE
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Abstract

As part of a continuing programme of assessment and investigation of prehistoric activity in the coastal area of E Cleveland, Cleveland County Archaeology Section excavated an insubstantial and enigmatic monument which had a ritual use continuing from the late Neolithic into the early Bronze Age.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 54 , Issue 1 , 1988 , pp. 173 - 202
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1988

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