Lockerbie AcademyNeolithic and Early Historic timber halls, a Bronze Age cemetery, an undated enclosure and a post-medieval corn-drying kiln in south-west Scotland

Abstract

Trial trenching carried out by CFA Archaeology Ltd in 2006 to the north of Lockerbie Academy identified four areas of archaeological significance covering a timescale from early Neolithic to post-medieval periods. The earliest site identified was the remains of a Neolithic timber hall, which was situated on top of the flat plateau towards the northwest end of the site (Area A). Pottery recovered from the Neolithic structure was of the Carinated Bowl ceramic tradition.At the summit of the rounded knoll in the centre of the area (Area D) a Bronze Age phase consisting of a cremation and inhumation cemetery enclosed by a possible ring-cairn was identified. The Bronze Age cemetery included a Collared Urn and a copper alloy dagger of Butterwick type.At the base of the rounded knoll, the remains of an Early Historic timber hall were identified (Area C). This Anglian timber hall reoccupied the site of a post-built structure, which was interpreted as a timber hall, possibly belonging to an earlier British tradition. Radiocarbon dates taken from the primary fill of two of the post-holes of the earlier structure gave dates which are broadly contemporary with the dates obtained for the Anglian hall, suggesting that the post-built structure immediately preceded it.A corn-drying kiln was identified cut into the same knoll as the Bronze Age cemetery (Area D) and has been dated to the late medieval or early post-medieval period.A segmented ditched enclosure was located towards the north-east end of the site (Area B), but the poor survival of this feature combined with a lack of finds and palaeobotanical evidence means that it remains undated and poorly understood.

Les trois inhumations du site des Herbages aux Mureaux (Yvelines) : nouvelles données concernant les débuts de l’âge du Bronze ancien à l’ouest de Paris

“…C'est du moins ce que semble indiquer l'émergence de nouveaux assemblages funéraires au sein desquels la céramique n'occupe plus qu'une place secondaire. C'est précisément dans ce contexte que S. Needham place l'apparition des premières manifestations du Bronze ancien (Needham, 2005, p. 209 Gerloff, 1975 ;Cressey et Sheridan, 2003 ;Lambrick et Allen, 2004 ;Kirby et al, 2011). Gerloff, 1975 ;Cressey and Sheridan, 2003 ;Lambrick and Allen, 2004 ;Kirby et al, 2011).…”

“…C'est précisément dans ce contexte que S. Needham place l'apparition des premières manifestations du Bronze ancien (Needham, 2005, p. 209 Gerloff, 1975 ;Cressey et Sheridan, 2003 ;Lambrick et Allen, 2004 ;Kirby et al, 2011). Gerloff, 1975 ;Cressey and Sheridan, 2003 ;Lambrick and Allen, 2004 ;Kirby et al, 2011). Gerloff, 1975 ;Cressey et Sheridan, 2003 ;Lambrick et Allen, 2004 ;Kirby et al, 2011).…”

“…Gerloff, 1975 ;Cressey and Sheridan, 2003 ;Lambrick and Allen, 2004 ;Kirby et al, 2011). Gerloff, 1975 ;Cressey et Sheridan, 2003 ;Lambrick et Allen, 2004 ;Kirby et al, 2011). Les numéros correspondent à ceux du tableau 1.…”

“…Les numéros correspondent à ceux du tableau 1. Gerloff, 1975 ;Cressey and Sheridan, 2003 ;Lambrick and Allen, 2004 ;Kirby et al, 2011). The numbers refer to those listed in table 1.…”

“…L'échantillon a été daté de 3385 ± 45 BP (AA-29064), soit 1870-1530 av. J.-C. calibré à 2 σ. À Lockerbie (Dumfries et Galloway), c'est une fosse rectangulaire dépourvue de matériel anthropologique, en raison de l'acidité du terrain, qui a livré un poignard en bronze et une armature triangulaire à ailerons et pédoncule en silex (Kirby et al, 2011 ;ici fig. 13).…”