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Assembly and Collection – Lithic Complexes in the Cambridgeshire Fenlands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

Mark Edmonds ,
Christopher Evans  and
David Gibson
Mark Edmonds
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield
Christopher Evans
Affiliation:
Cambridge Archaeological Unit, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge
David Gibson
Affiliation:
Cambridge Archaeological Unit, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge
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Abstract

Campaigns of large-scale fieldwalking and in-depth evaluation on later Mesolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Age lithic scatters are reported. In a regional context they are remarkable in their scale, density, and resolution, and raise questions concerning the character of early settlement and its corollary in landscape mobility – variously an archaeology of ‘meeting/return’, ‘task’, and ‘trace’.

Résumé

On fait le compte-rendu de campagnes d'arpentage de champs sur une grande échelle et une évaluation en profondeur des répartitions lithiques du mésolithique tardif, du néolithique et de l'âge du bronze. Dans un contexte régional, ils sont remarquables par leur échelle, leur densité, leur qualité, et suscitent des questions concernant le caractère de l'occupation primitive et son corollaire dans la mobilité du paysage - en d'autres termes une archéologie de ‘rencontre/retour’, ‘tâche’ et ‘trace’.

Zusammenfassung

In diesem Beitrag wird über großflächige Feldbegehungskampagnen und gründliche Auswertung spärmesolithischer, neolithischer und bronzezeitlicher Steinartefaktstreuungen berichtet. In einem regionalen Kontext betrachtet sind sie in ihrem Ausmaß, ihrer Dichte und Verteilung beachtlich und werfen Fragen auf zum Aussehen und Ausmaß früher Besiedlung und folgerichtig zur Mobilität in einer Landschaft – dies ist je nach dem eine Archäologie von „Treffen/Rückkehr“, “Anforderung“ und „Spur“.

Résumen

Este artículo informa sobre las campañas de rastreamiento de campo a gran escala y una reevaluación en profundidad del material disperso encontrado datable al Mesolítico Superior, Neolítico y Edad del Bronce. En un contexto regional son de norar en su escala, densidad y resolución, y nos hacen preguntarnos acerca del carácter del asentamiento primitivo y su consecuencia en la mobilidad del paisaje – variadamente una arqueología de “encuentro/retorno”, “encargo” y “traza”.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 65 , 1999 , pp. 47 - 82
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1999

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