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Resume: French summary |
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Zusammenfasung: German summary |
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Part I INTRODUCING BROXMOUTH |
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1 An Iron Age inheritance |
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1.2 Location, topography and geology |
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1.3 Discovery and excavation |
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5 | (2) |
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1.4 Excavating the archive: 30 years on |
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7 | (4) |
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1.5 Iron Age studies: from the 1970s to the 2010s |
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1.6 Structure of the volume |
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13 | (2) |
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2 Stratigraphy and phasing |
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15 | (10) |
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15 | (1) |
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2.3 Visual material: presentation and limitations |
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2.4 Interpretations: then and now |
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2.5 Defining the key areas |
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16 | (1) |
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2.5.2 The South-west Entrance area |
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2.5.3 The West Entrance area |
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17 | (1) |
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2.7 Survival and truncation |
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19 | (6) |
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Part II THE SETTLEMENT SEQUENCE |
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3 Phase 1: The Early Iron Age settlement |
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25 | (18) |
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3.1.1 Broxmouth before the Iron Age |
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3.1.2 Survival of Phase 1 features |
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3.1.3 Characterising the surviving Phase 1 deposits |
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26 | (1) |
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3.2 The palisade and early ditch |
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26 | (3) |
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28 | (1) |
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3.2.3 Interpretation: the early enclosure |
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28 | (1) |
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3.3 Early houses and associated activity |
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29 | (9) |
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29 | (4) |
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33 | (4) |
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3.3.3 Reconstructing the structural form of Houses A and B |
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37 | (1) |
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3.5 Broxmouth, Dryburn and the Early Iron Age in south-east Scotland |
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39 | (4) |
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4 Phases 2 and 3: The hillfort |
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43 | (50) |
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43 | (4) |
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43 | (1) |
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4.1.2 The enclosure sequence |
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43 | (1) |
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4.1.3 The excavated ditch profiles |
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44 | (1) |
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4.1.4 The ditch infills and evidence for collapsed ramparts |
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45 | (2) |
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47 | (2) |
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4.3.5 The Outermost Ditch |
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51 | (1) |
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51 | (2) |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (1) |
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4.5 Phase 2: the early hillfort |
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53 | (11) |
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53 | (1) |
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4.5.3 The ditch terminals and ramparts |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (7) |
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4.5.6 Phase 2b rampart decay and post-rampart activity |
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63 | (1) |
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4.6 Phase 3: the later hillfort |
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64 | (22) |
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64 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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4.6.3 Phase 3 in the Inner Ditch West |
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64 | (1) |
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4.6.4 Phase 3a at the south-west: the first Inner Ditch recut |
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65 | (1) |
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4.6.5 Phase 3b: the South-west Entrance Gateway and Middle Ditch recut |
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66 | (4) |
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70 | (11) |
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81 | (2) |
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83 | (3) |
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86 | (7) |
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4.7.1 Redesign and renewal: rhythms of construction and modification |
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86 | (1) |
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4.7.2 The nature of the enclosure system |
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87 | (4) |
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4.7.3 Symbolism and defence |
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91 | (1) |
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4.7.4 Activity inside the hillfort |
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91 | (1) |
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4.7.5 The end of the enclosure system |
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92 | (1) |
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5 Phase 4: The post-hillfort settlement |
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93 | (10) |
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93 | (3) |
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5.1.1 Characterising Phase 4 |
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93 | (1) |
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5.1.3 The excavated structures and other Inner Ditch deposits |
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93 | (3) |
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96 | (1) |
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5.3.1 Stage 1: construction and occupation |
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96 | (1) |
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5.3.2 Stage 2: secondary use of the interior |
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97 | (1) |
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5.3.3 Stage 3: abandonment (and later re-use?) |
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5.6 Phase 4 remains elsewhere on the site |
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101 | (1) |
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101 | (2) |
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6 Phase 5: The settlement and associated cemetery |
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103 | (12) |
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103 | (1) |
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103 | (6) |
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6.2.1 Discovery and excavation |
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103 | (1) |
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103 | (5) |
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6.2.3 Associated pits and other features |
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108 | (1) |
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6.3 The Phase 5 (and Phase 5/6) middens in the Inner Ditch West |
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109 | (3) |
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109 | (1) |
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6.3.2 Primary middens and associated deposits |
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109 | (1) |
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6.3.3 Secondary middens and associated deposits |
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110 | (1) |
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6.3.4 Tertiary middens and surfaces (Phase 5/6) |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (1) |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (2) |
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6.5.1 Characterising the cemetery |
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113 | (1) |
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6.5.2 Characterising the Phase 5 occupation |
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114 | (1) |
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7 Phase 6: The Late Iron Age village |
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115 | (72) |
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115 | (2) |
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115 | (1) |
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115 | (1) |
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7.1.3 Characterising Phase 6 |
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115 | (2) |
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7.2 The South--west Entrance: enclosure, gateway, roadway and peripheral structures |
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117 | (4) |
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117 | (1) |
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7.2.2 Fragmentary structure |
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117 | (1) |
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7.2.3 The Inner Bank and gateway |
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117 | (3) |
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7.2.4 Disuse and redeposition |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (1) |
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7.3 House 1 and underlying deposits |
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121 | (6) |
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121 | (1) |
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7.3.3 Initial Phase 6 activity |
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121 | (1) |
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7.3.5 Unassigned Phase 6 pits |
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123 | (3) |
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126 | (1) |
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127 | (6) |
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127 | (1) |
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127 | (4) |
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132 | (1) |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (1) |
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133 | (5) |
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133 | (1) |
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133 | (4) |
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137 | (1) |
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137 | (1) |
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7.6 House 4 and associated features |
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138 | (14) |
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138 | (1) |
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7.6.2 Stage 1: the scooped roundhouse |
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139 | (2) |
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7.6.3 Stage 2: recutting and rewalling |
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141 | (4) |
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7.6.4 Stage 3: stone paving and spatial reordering |
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145 | (2) |
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7.6.5 Stage 4: rewalling and repaving |
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147 | (2) |
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7.6.6 Stage 5: rewalling and repaving |
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149 | (1) |
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7.6.7 Stage 6: decay and abandonment |
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150 | (1) |
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7.6.8 Pits north of House 4 |
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150 | (1) |
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150 | (2) |
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152 | (5) |
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152 | (1) |
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7.7.2 Stage 1: the double ring-groove roundhouse |
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152 | (1) |
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7.7.3 Stage 2: the scooped roundhouse |
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153 | (2) |
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7.7.4 Stage 3: rewalling and repaving |
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155 | (1) |
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7.7.5 Stage 4: abandonment |
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156 | (1) |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (4) |
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157 | (1) |
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7.8.2 The double ring-groove roundhouse |
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157 | (1) |
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7.8.3 Internal and external features |
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157 | (4) |
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161 | (1) |
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161 | (9) |
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161 | (1) |
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7.9.2 Stage 1: the scooped roundhouse |
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161 | (6) |
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7.9.3 Stage 2: stone paving |
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167 | (1) |
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7.9.4 Stage 3: major repaving and conflagration |
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167 | (1) |
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168 | (1) |
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7.9.6 Stage 5: disuse and infilling |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (1) |
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7.10 House 8, associated and later activity |
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170 | (5) |
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170 | (1) |
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170 | (2) |
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7.10.3 Later Phase 6 paving and associated features |
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172 | (2) |
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174 | (1) |
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175 | (12) |
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7.11.1 Introduction: the enclosed village |
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175 | (1) |
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7.11.2 Roundhouse morphology |
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176 | (3) |
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179 | (1) |
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180 | (1) |
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7.11.5 Rooms, partitions and upper floors |
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181 | (1) |
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7.11.6 Entrances and doorways |
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182 | (1) |
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182 | (2) |
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184 | (1) |
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7.11.9 Structured deposition, foundation and abandonment |
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184 | (1) |
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7.11.10 How were the roundhouses used? |
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185 | (2) |
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8 Phase 7: Late visitations |
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187 | (4) |
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187 | (1) |
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187 | (1) |
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187 | (4) |
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Part III TIME, CULTURE, MATERIALITY |
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9 Chronology: radiocarbon dating and Bayesian modelling |
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191 | (34) |
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191 | (1) |
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9.2 Results and calibration |
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192 | (12) |
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9.3 Methodological approach |
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204 | (1) |
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9.4 Samples and the model |
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205 | (15) |
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205 | (2) |
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9.4.2 Inner Ditch West sequence |
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207 | (3) |
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9.4.3 Inner Ditch West houses |
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210 | (2) |
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9.4.4 The South-west Entrance |
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212 | (1) |
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9.4.5 Inner Ditch south-west |
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212 | (1) |
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9.4.6 Middle Ditch south-west |
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213 | (1) |
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9.4.7 Outer Ditch south-west |
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214 | (1) |
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9.4.8 South-west Entrance: structural features |
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214 | (1) |
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9.4.9 Interior structures |
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214 | (4) |
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218 | (2) |
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220 | (3) |
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223 | (2) |
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225 | (186) |
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10.1 Materials and materiality (MHAIRI MAXWELL) |
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225 | (9) |
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225 | (1) |
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10.1.2 Preservation and recovery |
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225 | (1) |
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10.1.3 Phasing and chronology |
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226 | (2) |
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10.1.4 Biographies of materials |
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228 | (5) |
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10.1.5 The materiality of Broxmouth |
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233 | (1) |
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234 | (17) |
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10.2.1 Later prehistoric pottery (ANN MacSWEEN) |
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234 | (15) |
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10.2.2 Samian pottery (LOUISA CAMPBELL) |
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249 | (1) |
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10.2.3 Middle Neolithic pottery (TREVOR COWIE) |
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249 | (1) |
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10.2.4 Post-Medieval ceramics (NIGEL D MELTON) |
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250 | (1) |
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10.2.6 Residue analysis (MHAIRI MAXWELL AND CARL HERON) |
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251 | (1) |
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10.3 Worked bone and antler (FRASER HUNTER, ANNE-MARIE GIBSON and JULIA GERKEN) |
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251 | (58) |
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251 | (1) |
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10.3.2 Sources of raw materials |
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251 | (3) |
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254 | (2) |
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10.3.4 Production technology and its development |
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256 | (1) |
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257 | (3) |
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260 | (1) |
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10.3.7 The assemblage in context |
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261 | (3) |
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264 | (45) |
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10.3.9 Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy and Raman Spectroscopy of the antler drum (SF278) (MHAIRI MAXWELL, ADRIAN EVANS and HOWELL G M EDWARDS) |
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309 | (1) |
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309 | (63) |
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10.4.1 The rotary quern stones (DAWN McLAREN) |
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309 | (21) |
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10.4.2 Saddle querns (DAWN McLAREN AND IAN ARMIT) |
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330 | (3) |
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10.4.3 Stone balls (H E M COOL AND M J BAXTER) |
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333 | (15) |
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10.4.4 Shale and cannel coal (FRASER HUNTER) |
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348 | (9) |
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10.4.5 Other worked stone (H E M COOL) |
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357 | (15) |
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10.5 Lithics (TORBEN BJARKE BALLIN) |
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372 | (1) |
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372 | (6) |
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372 | (3) |
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375 | (3) |
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10.6.3 XRF analysis (SUSY KIRK, DAVID DUNGWORTH AND FRASER HUNTER) |
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378 | (1) |
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10.7 Iron (FRASER HUNTER) |
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378 | (15) |
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378 | (1) |
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379 | (1) |
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380 | (2) |
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10.7.4 Metallographic analysis (GERRY McDONNELL) |
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382 | (11) |
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10.8 Metallurgical and vitrified material (GERRY McDONNELL) |
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393 | (9) |
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393 | (1) |
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393 | (1) |
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394 | (3) |
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397 | (1) |
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398 | (1) |
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399 | (3) |
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10.9 Roman glass (H E M COOL) |
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402 | (1) |
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10.10 Glass bangles and the dating of the Phase 6 hoard (JAMES BRUHN) |
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402 | (5) |
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402 | (1) |
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402 | (3) |
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10.10.3 Dating of the Phase 6 hoard |
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405 | (1) |
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10.10.4 General observations |
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405 | (1) |
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406 | (1) |
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10.11 Coral bead (FRASER HUNTER) |
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407 | (1) |
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10.12 Worked shell (SONIA O'CONNOR) |
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408 | (3) |
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Part IV PEOPLE, SUBSISTENCE, ECONOMY |
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411 | (22) |
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411 | (1) |
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11.2 Human remains from the cemetery and interior burials |
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411 | (8) |
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411 | (1) |
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11.2.2 Preservation and completeness |
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412 | (1) |
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412 | (1) |
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412 | (1) |
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413 | (1) |
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414 | (1) |
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11.2.7 Health and disease |
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414 | (3) |
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417 | (1) |
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11.2.9 Skeleton catalogue |
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417 | (2) |
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11.3 Human remains in unlikely places: the disarticulated remains |
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419 | (6) |
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419 | (1) |
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11.3.2 Preservation and condition |
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420 | (1) |
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420 | (1) |
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420 | (1) |
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11.3.5 Health, disease and trauma |
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421 | (4) |
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425 | (1) |
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425 | (2) |
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425 | (1) |
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425 | (1) |
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11.4.3 The isolated graves |
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425 | (1) |
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11.4.4 The disarticulated fragments |
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425 | (2) |
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11.5 Stable isotope analysis |
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427 | (1) |
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11.6 Death and burial at Broxmouth |
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428 | (5) |
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11.6.1 Enemies and ancestors |
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428 | (2) |
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11.6.2 Burial traditions in East Lothian and beyond |
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430 | (3) |
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12 Reconstructing economy and subsistence at Broxmouth |
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433 | (46) |
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433 | (1) |
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12.2 Animal bone (JULIA E M CUSSANS) |
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433 | (38) |
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433 | (1) |
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434 | (2) |
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12.2.4 Species presence and abundance |
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436 | (5) |
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12.2.5 Age at death and animal husbandry |
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441 | (4) |
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445 | (4) |
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12.2.7 Butchery and body part representation |
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449 | (6) |
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455 | (1) |
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455 | (5) |
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12.2.10 Other domesticates |
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460 | (1) |
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12.2.11 Specific bone deposits |
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461 | (2) |
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12.2.12 Pathology (JEANETTE WOODING) |
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463 | (2) |
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12.2.13 Discussion of the large mammal assemblage |
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465 | (4) |
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12.2.14 Micro-mammals (LENNY SALVAGNO) |
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469 | (2) |
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12.3 Bird bone (LENNY SALVAGNO) |
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471 | (2) |
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471 | (1) |
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471 | (1) |
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471 | (2) |
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473 | (1) |
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473 | (2) |
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473 | (1) |
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474 | (1) |
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474 | (1) |
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474 | (1) |
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12.5 Crustacea (HANNAH RUSS) |
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475 | (1) |
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475 | (1) |
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475 | (1) |
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475 | (1) |
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476 | (1) |
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12.6 Marine molluscs (IAN ARMIT, PAUL RENNER, STEFFAN GOLBY and JO McKENZIE) |
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476 | (2) |
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476 | (1) |
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476 | (1) |
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476 | (1) |
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477 | (1) |
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478 | (1) |
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12.7 Carbonised plant macrofossils and charcoal |
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478 | (1) |
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13 Broxmouth and its neighbours: the Iron Age landscape |
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479 | (12) |
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479 | (1) |
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480 | (2) |
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13.3 Enclosure morphology |
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482 | (2) |
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13.4 Distribution and location |
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484 | (7) |
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13.4.1 Upland/lowland divisions |
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484 | (2) |
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13.4.2 Settlement clusters and the `Traprain gap' |
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486 | (5) |
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14 Place and memory in the Iron Age of south-east Scotland |
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491 | (24) |
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14.2 The great unknowns: evaluating taphonomic processes at Broxmouth |
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491 | (3) |
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14.3 Birth, life and death of a hillfort: a speculative summary |
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494 | (5) |
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14.4 Living and dying at Broxmouth |
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499 | (5) |
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14.4.2 How many people lived at Broxmouth? |
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499 | (2) |
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14.4.3 How did the community organise itself? |
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501 | (2) |
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14.4.4 Specialisation and co-operation |
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503 | (1) |
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14.4.5 Dealing with the dead |
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504 | (1) |
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14.5 Farmscapes, wildscapes and seascapes |
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504 | (2) |
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14.5.1 The farming economy |
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504 | (1) |
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14.5.2 Wild resources and the sea |
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505 | (1) |
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14.5.3 Landscape and movement |
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506 | (1) |
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14.6 Social landscapes, hinterlands and networks |
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506 | (5) |
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14.7 Place, memory and landscape |
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511 | (2) |
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513 | (2) |
Appendix |
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References |
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Index |
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