A Research Framework for the Archaeology of Wales
Southwest Wales – Early Prehistoric, key sites
22/12/2003
Excavation of a small
defended site. Structural evidence and artefacts. Environmental evidence:
charcoal.
Baring Gould 1903; Williams
1952
Excavation of Iron Age
hillfort with evidence of earlier occupation. Artefacts. Environmental
evidence: charcoal.
Wainwright 1967
Excavation of a potential
Neolithic/Bronze Age settlement site. Environmental evidence: planr
macrofossils.
Neolithic food deposit in
excavation of later period site. Environmental evidence: planr macrofossils,
charcoal.
Murphy 1992
As yet unpublished excavation
revealed stake-built structures supported by radiocarbon dates.
Page forthcoming
Excavation of a house
pre-dating standing stone, plus other excavated structures. Radiocarbon dates.
Benson et al 1990
Excavation of tomb. Finds
include a Neolithic bowl and flints.
Lynch 1975
Unpublished excavation (Rees)
of chambered tomb. Supported by radiocarbon dates.
Neolithic pottery and
radiocarbon date from human mandible.
Excavation in and around
tomb. Some artefactual evidence.
Environmental evidence: charcoal
Other key Chambered
tombs/burials texts: Lynch 1972, 1976
Excavation with radiocarbon
dates of burnt mounds. Environmental evidence: plant macrofossils.
James 1986
Felin Fulbrook burnt mound
Excavation with radiocarbon
date of a burnt mound. Environmental evidence: plant macrofossils.
Williams et al 1987
Small-scale excavation of 4
mounds. Radiocarbon date of early medieval period.
Williams 1985a
Partial excavation of burnt
mound with radiocarbon date and environment analyses.
Crane 2002
Partial excavation of burnt
mound with radiocarbon date. Environmental evidence: charcoal.
Crane 2002
Small-scale excavation on a
burnt mound supported by radiocarbon dates. Environmental evidence: plant
macrofossils; charcoal.
Other key burnt mound
texts: Cantrill and Jones 1911
Excavation of a ring
cairn. Environmental evidence:
charcoal.
Hogg 1977
Excavation of a small cairn
and associated standing stones. Environmental evidence: plant macrofossils.
Supported by radiocarbon dates.
Hogg 1977; Marshall and
Murphy 1991
Excavation of a large summit
cairn with central burial.
Murphy 1995a
Salvage excavation on a
barrow with several burials and urns. Environmental evidence: pollen.
Nye, Harrison and Savory 1983
Small-scale excavations
uncovered 2 ‘dug-outs’, a cremation and a Food Vessel. Supported by radiocarbon
dates.
Green 1987
Small-scale excavations on a
henge monument.
Williams 1984
Excavation of a small cairn.
John and Williams 1994
Excavation of a Bronze Age
burial site. Environmental evidence: plant macrofossils
Benson et al 1982,
Briggs 1997
Small-scale excavations
Savory 1963
Salvage excavation on a round
barrow, unpublished
Complete excavation of a cairn,
associated standing stones and pits. Several urns. Environmental evidence:
plant macrofossils; charcoal. Supported by radiocarbon dates.
Marshall and Murphy 1991
Re-appraisal of antiquarian
excavations of a ring cairn and barrow.
Ward 1977
Partial excavation of barrow
with Beaker burial.
Other key Round
barrows/Bronze Age burials/etc texts:
Lynch 1979, 1980
Excavation (unpublished)
around a standing stone. Radiocarbon date of 3290±70 bp from an associated pit.
Marshall
1985, Williams 1988
Excavation of two separate
standing stones, Radiocarbon date of 3090±100 bp from an associated pit.
Ward 1983
Plas Gogerddan
Excavation around a standing
stone with multi-period use. Environmental evidence: charcoal; soil studies.
Murphy 1992
Rhos-y-Clegyrn
Extensive excavations around
a standing stone- indications of multi-period use.
Lewis 1974, 1976a
Excavation around at standing
stone. Radiocarbon date of 3303±70 bp from associated pit.
Williams
1989
Extensive excavation around a
standing stone, demonstrating multi-period use of site. Environmental evidence:
plant macrofossils; charcoal; molluscs
Benson et al 1990
Williams 1988
Excavation on a variety of
sites supported by radiocarbon dates. Environmental evidence: plant
macrofossils; animal bone; pollen; charcoal.
Kirk and Williams 2000
Small-scale excavation on
metal mine supported by radiocarbon dates. Environmental evidence: plant
macrofossils; charcoal; wood.
Timberlake 1987, 1990a and b;
1995a, 1996a, 1998, Timberlake and Mighall 1992: Timberlake and Switsur 1988
Small-scale excavation on
metal mine supported by radiocarbon dates.
Timberlake 1992, 1995b, 1998
Small-scale excavation on
metal mine supported by radiocarbon dates.
Timberlake 1995c, 1998
Small-scale excavation on
metal mine supported by radiocarbon dates.
Timberlake 1996b, 1998
Small-scale excavation on
metal mine supported by a radiocarbon date indicates medieval/modern use.
Timberlake 1998, Timberlake
and Craddock 1996
Surface Collections
associated with axe manufacture.
David and Williams 1995
Other key Neolithic/Bronze
Age texts: Briggs 1994; Leighton
1997; Lynch, Aldhouse-Green and Davies 2000; Savory 1980
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