7th September 2011, 01:04 PM
cwmbrancity Wrote:to the thread starter...........you could do a lot worse than read this MA-dissertation by a guy called Oliver Harris. Its quite a long read, but as far joining certain interpretative dots is concerned, its one of the better studies on causewayed enclosures in recent years. It should certainly dispel any notions about defensive properties
Performative practice: identity and agency at the causewayed enclosures of Windmill Hill and Etton
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http://www.hardav.co.uk/MA%20-%20HTML/contents.htm
Not finished reading it yet............but a warning that certain 'socially biased neolithic archaeologists' haven't fully taken on board yet. Don't interpret the world based on the evidence from a single (or two) sites.
Hence the neolithic bias towards everything being ritual and the people being nomadic.
There are plenty of houses, fields and settlements elsewhere in the country.
But saying that, looking forward to reading the dissertation