The Excavation of a Neolithic Oval Barrow at North Marden, West Sussex, 1982.

Drewett, Peter; Cartwright, Caroline; Browne, Sue; Thomas, Ken; Thompson, A.; Thorpe, Susan; Tucker, Shelby; Whittaker, K.

doi:10.1017/s0079497x00006575

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“…Similar deposits of flint-working debris, antler, cattle bone and worked chalk -exactly the combination found at Stonehenge -occurred in the flanking ditches of long barrows at Thickthorn Down, Dorset (Drew & Piggott 1936;Barrett et al 1991, fig. 2.11), North Marden, Sussex (Drewett 1986), and closer to Stonehenge at Kingston Deverill (Harding & Gingell 1986). These deposits are associated with rites concerning the human dead and their transformation, as well perhaps with fertility and renewal, and it is not impossible that depositional activity within the Stonehenge enclosure drew upon a similar body of symbolism and meaning.…”

Section: Observations On Depositionmentioning

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Shifting Perceptions: Spatial Order, Cosmology, and Patterns of Deposition at Stonehenge

Pollard¹,

Ruggles

2001

CAJ

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The changing cosmological symbolism incorporated in Phases 1 and 2 at Stonehenge is reviewed in the light of new evidence from patterns of deposition prior to the construction of the bluestone and sarsen stone settings. The early structure of the monument and attendant depositional practices embodied a scheme of radial division, including a symbolic quartering primarily demarcated by solstitial rising and setting points. Through sustained ritual practice, however, the motions of the moon came increasingly to be referenced through deposition, particularly of cremations. This evidence seems to contradict earlier claims of a sudden shift in and around Wessex during the mid-third millennium BC from a predominantly lunar to a predominantly solar cosmology. It suggests instead that interest in solar and lunar events did not necessarily preclude each other and that over the centuries there was a process of subtle change involving the continual reworking of symbolic schemes emphasizing a sense of ‘timelessness’ and the unchanging order of the universe.

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Section: Observations On Depositionmentioning

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Shifting Perceptions: Spatial Order, Cosmology, and Patterns of Deposition at Stonehenge

Pollard¹,

Ruggles

2001

CAJ

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“…There is a tradition of such monuments in the Late Neolithic; long barrows in Wessex at South Street, Beckhampton Road, and Horslip were graveless (Ashbee et al 1979) and Drewett points out, in particular, the nature of oval barrows in this context (Drewett 1986;. Cenotaphs and graveless 'burial' mounds are probably much more widely spread than is commonly acknowledged.…”

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Food for the Living: a Reassessment of a Bronze Age Barrow at Buckskin, Basingstoke, Hampshire

Allen¹,

Morris

Clark

et al. 1995

Proc. Prehist. Soc.

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The analysis of Bronze Age barrow sites excavated as long ago as 25 years can provide information on more significant and wide ranging topics than basic funerary rites. At Buckskin no primary burial rite was recorded nor any high status artefacts found. The analysis, of stored soil samples and animal bones however, produced evidence for ceremonial activity and feasting prior to the construction of the barrow mound. This encourages discussion on both the role of this barrow and the primary function, other than interment, of similar monuments, especially from the evidence of environmental data. Study of both land Mollusca and faunal remains enabled a greater explanation of the cultural history of this monument and aided the site phasing.

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“…It is possible to envisage Early Bronze Age barrows following this model and in due course spreading the load on to the Greensand. If we follow his suggestion of oval mounds infilling a chalk landscape that is already marked by long barrows (Drewett 1986), and assume that this process continued, the earliest round barrows would cluster in the area occupied by the long barrows before expanding to occupy other areas. If this were so, where barrow construction occurs on the Greensand some distance away, the round barrows might be expected to be relatively late in the sequence as they do not cluster around earlier mounds.…”

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Round barrows and the harmonious landscape: placing Early Bronze Age burial monuments in south‐east England

Field

1998

Oxford J Archaeology

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The distribution and siting of barrows within the landscape of south‐east England is considered, and it is observed that clustering occurs on certain geological units and in specific topographical positions. A socio‐economic explanation for the distribution of those in Sussex is possible, and the concentrations can even be considered in terms of territorial units. However, distribution across the south‐east is nodal, and the clusters present on the South Downs are not matched on the North Downs, and it is necessary to consider other explanations. A cosmological approach provides a fresh insight into the siting of barrows and helps explain siting within cemeteries as well as within the wider landscape.

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The Excavation of a Neolithic Oval Barrow at North Marden, West Sussex, 1982.

Cited by 14 publications

References 5 publications

Shifting Perceptions: Spatial Order, Cosmology, and Patterns of Deposition at Stonehenge

Shifting Perceptions: Spatial Order, Cosmology, and Patterns of Deposition at Stonehenge

Food for the Living: a Reassessment of a Bronze Age Barrow at Buckskin, Basingstoke, Hampshire

Round barrows and the harmonious landscape: placing Early Bronze Age burial monuments in south‐east England

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