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Summary.In this study, the flint daggers in three areas on the Swedish West Coast are used to show the connection between powerful and influential groups and warlike activities. The variations within the flint dagger material are interpreted in terms of social status and the current flint dagger typology is rejected.

ISSN:0262-5253    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0092.1988.tb00172.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1988

数据来源: WILEY

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Summary.Holes drilled after firing are an occasional occurrence in earlier prehistoric pottery, and are generally accepted as intended to enable repair of cracks or breaks by binding. It would seem reasonable to expect that rates of repair would be fairly consistent, but this is not the case with later Neolithic ceramics in southern Britain. There, drilled holes are more common in the Grooved Ware tradition than in the Beaker or Peterborough traditions, and it is suggested that this may be owing to the high symbolic content of Grooved Ware rendering the repair of such vessels particularly worthwhile to their users. Other factors likely to influence the decision to repair rather than discard vessels are considered, and in this connection the fabrics of repaired vessels in the earlier Neolithic assemblage at Maiden Castle are also briefly discussed. A short list of sites with repaired vessels is appended.

ISSN:0262-5253    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0092.1988.tb00173.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1988

数据来源: WILEY

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Summary.Diverse streams of archaeological and metallurgical research have demonstrated that Cyprus was an important regional copper producer and supplier during the eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age, at least from 1700–1100 BC. Until recently, research into metallurgical production and exchange on Bronze Age Cyprus necessarily focused on technological change and chronological division. Metals' provenience studies have begun to mature, and economic approaches related to copper production and exchange have begun to appear. In stark contrast to recent literature on “hoarding” activity in Bronze and Iron Age Europe, virtually no attention has been paid to the manner in which metals enter the archaeological record. In response to a growing body of theoretical literature, this study examines the gift‐commodity model and finds it wanting; instead the deposition of Cypriote hoards is considered from a politico‐economic perspective, and in light of socio‐historical and metallurgical data relevant to interregional developments in the contemporary Mediterr

ISSN:0262-5253    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0092.1988.tb00174.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1988

数据来源: WILEY

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Summary.Nineteenth century explorers and travellers in north‐west Libya were intrigued by the hundreds of well‐preserved stone structures which they took to be prehistoric megaliths of ritual significance. H.S. Cowper made a particular study of them in this belief, measuring, sketching and photographing quite a number of the monuments. The admirably meticulous character of his work was undone by his fanciful interpretation and it was soon revealed that the stone structures were, in fact, parts of Roman olive presses.This article, however, considers the lasting importance of Cowper's work in the context of a detailed discussion of the processing capacity of ancient olive presses (that is what quantity of olives comprised a single press load and how much olive oil was likely to be yielded). Comparison with literary and ethnographic evidence suggests that the Tripolitanian presses had a large potential capacity. An order of magnitude figure of c. 9–10,000 kg is proposed for the annual output of olive oil from one of these large pr

ISSN:0262-5253    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0092.1988.tb00175.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1988

数据来源: WILEY

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Summary.Wild birds were probably of little importance for food in Roman Britain, but there is some advantage, for ecology, conservation, archaeological reconstruction and education, in establishing a tolerably correct list of species present in Roman times. There are special problems for the recovery and identification of bird bones; on the other hand, historical and other sources are wanting for Roman Britain. There is no evidence for falconry in the Roman period; birds would be caught, for sport by lime‐rods, and for food by a variety of methods. There is little definite evidence for religious use of wild birds in Roman Britain. The environment of Britain in the Roman period was, in many respects, quite similar to that of recent times, but the bird species recorded from Roman sites suggest that the landscape was rather varied, and favourable to wildlife. An up‐to‐date list of 94 wild species can be roughly quantified by the number of sites on which each has been found; both the more numerous species and the absentees offer some surprises, and the effect is to emphasize the Romanization of eating habits in the pro

ISSN:0262-5253    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0092.1988.tb00176.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1988

数据来源: WILEY

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Summary.A range of copper‐alloy artefacts from the early Anglo‐Saxon cemetery at Lechlade were analysed using X‐ray fluorescence. There were few pure bronzes or brasses in the assemblage and most alloys contained significant amounts of zinc, tin and lead in variable ratios. In view of the current theory that supplies of new metals and ores were limited and Anglo‐Saxon metalworkers normally used scrap metal, the compositions were used to assess the techniques of the craftsmen supplying this community. It is concluded that re‐use of copper alloys was prevalent but that metals were selected quite carefully for particular applications, with regard to the metallurgical characteristics

ISSN:0262-5253    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0092.1988.tb00177.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1988

数据来源: WILEY

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Summary.The 13th century charnel house (or ‘bone crypt') situated underneath the church of the Holy Trinity, Rothwell is one of only two surviving charnel houses in Britain and is therefore important not only in structural terms but also as a reservoir of human osteoarchaeological material. Over the last 60 years concern has been expressed about the condition of the crypt and the ‘deterioration’ of the bones. In this paper the authors outline their multidisciplinary approach to the study of the bone degradation and conditions within the crypt and stress the role of histology in such an approach. The implications of their findings are discussed and action for the long term preservation of the bones are recomm

ISSN:0262-5253    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0092.1988.tb00178.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1988

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0262-5253    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0092.1988.tb00179.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1988

数据来源: WILEY