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Prehistoric Settlement in the Peak District during the Third and Second Millennia bc: A Preliminary Analysis in the Light of Recent Fieldwork

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2014

Richard Bradley  and
Clive Hart
Richard Bradley
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Reading
Clive Hart
Affiliation:
43 Rockingham Close, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
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Abstract

This paper investigates the distribution of artefacts and monuments in one part of the Peak District, in relation to the land use models put forward by Hawke-Smith in 1979. Although these distributions are generally consistent with his predictions, they suggest that communities in newly settled areas may have been of lower status than those near the henge monument of Arbor Low. This distinction is emphasized in the burial rite and by differential access to imported materials.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 49 , Issue 1 , 1983 , pp. 177 - 193
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1983

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