Format: Paperback
Pages: 184
ISBN: 9781842174685
Pub Date: 14 Dec 2011
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Series: Neolithic Studies Group Seminar Papers
Illustrations: 74 b/w illus
Description:
The rise to prominence of pits within narratives of the British and Irish Neolithic is well-documented in recent literature. Pits have been cropping up in excavations for centuries, resulting in a very broad spectrum of interpretations but three main factors have led to the recent change in our perception and representation of these features: a broad shift in people's expectations as to what a Neolithic settlement should be; the development of the concept of 'structured deposition', within which pits have played a key role; and a dramatic rise in the number of pits actually known about. Development-led archaeology, and the often very large areas its excavations expose, has simply revealed many more pits.