The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition is one of the mostly hotly (and vociferously) debated
periods of British prehistory. Chronology has been key to this discussion. Informal …

Comprender cómo llegaron los restos de cultura material al registro arqueológico es un
asunto desatendido en la Prehistoria Reciente peninsular, aunque su discusión debería ser …

This paper presents the analysis of a highly significant early Neolithic midden from
Threefords in the Milfield Basin, Northumberland, UK. The midden, unique in the region for …

Here we present a flexible, quantitative methodology for refitting handmade ceramics.
Rather than analyzing the physical joins between sherds, we assess the likelihood that non …

This paper addresses the formation processes at an unparalleled Bronze Age settlement in
the Iberian Meseta. The site of El Cerro (Burgos, Spain) presents a series of challenging …

In the winter of 2015–16 Historic England undertook excavations (Roberts et al. 2020)
targeting a series of archaeological features identified through aerial and geophysical …

Ritual is an issue of wide importance in archaeological discourse and interpretation of the
past. An understanding of ritual connects the traces of activities preserved in the …

Excavation at Thirlings, Northumberland revealed very extensive pit and post-pit features of
Neolithic date. Some were suggestive of circular, trapezoidal and possibly rectangular …

Monumental ditches and Bell Beakers are two key phenomena in later prehistoric Europe
involved in the study of El Ventorro, near Madrid. In this article, we discuss and develop an …

Lake-dwellings in the northern Alpine region are renowned for their extraordinary organic
preservation. In addition to organic remains, thousands of ceramic sherds are also …