Background I arrived at this study along an experiential path. As a child I explored the
sunken and mysterious hollow ways of the chalk downland where I grew up and which have …

Bronze Age Worlds brings a new way of thinking about kinship to the task of explaining the
formation of social life in Bronze Age Britain and Ireland. Britain and Ireland's diverse …

This paper provides a summary of the palaeoenvironmental evidence from a spread of late
Mesolithic burnt material and two late Neolithic to early Bronze Age burnt mounds. The burnt …

The pyre was an integral part of the ritual of cremation, yet the actual wood that fuelled pyres
has rarely been investigated from Bronze Age sites. This research examines environmental …

Bog bodies are well known from sites across north-western Europe, particularly from Ireland,
Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany. The often exceptional organic preservation …

Iconoclasm, or the destruction of images and other symbols, is a subject that has significant
resonance today. Traditionally focusing on examples such as those from late Antiquity …

The past two decades have seen an expansion of archaeological activity on the island of I
reland that has transformed our knowledge and understanding of most periods in I rish …

In landscapes where the water table is permanently high and soils are saturated with water,
oxygen is largely absent, and reducing (as opposed to oxidizing) conditions prevail. Under …

Culturally oriented studies on raised bogs in the Netherlands and neighbouring areas either
focus on regional scale levels or on site/object-based information. Interdisciplinary …

Peatlands are regarded as having exceptional archaeological value, due to the fact that the
waterlogged conditions of these environments, like other wetlands, can preserve organic …