A Landscape Archaeological Study of the Mesolithic-Neolithic in the Milfield Basin, Northumberland (British Archaeological Reports (BAR) British S.)

This book deals with the post-glacial Stone-Age human inhabitants who were populating the Milfield basin in today's Northumberland, and the evolution of land-use, settlement, ideology and the changing nature of people's relationship with the natural world. A wide range of methodologies and fieldwork projects have been employed. The result is a contribution to archaeological knowledge by way of new fieldwork practices, the development of an interpretative scheme for fieldwalking lithic data and the construction of a detailed synthesis for the Milfield area. The Milfield Basin Archaeological Landscape Project was initiated in 1993 and became the major focus of Clive Waddington's PhD research. This volume publishes that thesis, discussing the interaction of human populations and their sites with the landscape as a whole. The project design and research objectives are outlined and succeded by a short history of work in the area of the Milfield Basin, the methodologies of the project's research, and the results of their studies on a local and more general basis. 9781841710341.pdf Sgn 1, Tile 1 (A) View->Fit Visible Front Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Table of Contents List of Figures Acknowledgements Preface Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION Chapter 2. PREVIOUS RESEARCH AND SPECIFIC PROJECT AIMS Chapter 3. FIELDWORK AND METHODOLOGY Chapter 4. RESULTS AND ANALYSIS Chapter 5. THE MESOLITHIC Chapter 6. THE NEOLITHIC TRANSITION Chapter 7. THE LATE NEOLITHIC Chapter 8. DISCUSSION Chapter 9. CONCLUSION Bibliography APPENDICES Clive Waddington. Originally Presented As The Author's Thesis (ph. D.)--university Of Durham, 1998. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 195-211).