Lithics
Resource type
Book chapter
Creator (person)
Anderson-Whymark, Hugo
Date published
2023
Abstract
Evidence for earlier prehistoric activity in the vicinity of Iron Age settlements is common in the north-east region, and the sites of Morley Hill and Lower Callerton are no exceptions. Pre-Iron Age activity tends to be scattered and smaller in scale, often appearing as a series of discrete pits, only identified through period-specific finds such as stone tools or pottery. Evidence of a Mesolithic to Bronze Age presence was identified at Morley Hill with a range of artefacts recovered from pits and later features. Greater evidence of prehistoric activity was uncovered at Lower Callerton, comprising Neolithic pits and Bronze Age...
Book title
Defining spaces in Iron Age Northumberland. Excavations at Morley Hill and Lower Callerton
Editor
Gaunt, Josh
Christie, Claire
Hatherley, Candy
Smith, Alex
Pagination
15-18
Publisher
Oxbow
Place of publication
Oxford
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Rights statement
In Copyright