THE MESOLITHIC, NEOLITHIC AND BRONZE AGE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE URE-SWALE CATCHMENT

DR JAN HARDING & MR BEN JOHNSON, SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE

CONTENTS

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ASSESSMENT SUMMARY

1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Location, topography and geology
1.2 Background
1.2.1 Landscape history
1.2.2 History of archaeological research
1.3 Methodology
2. ASSESSMENT RESULTS
2.1 Mesolithic (Fig. 3)
2.1.2 Other sites (Table 1)
2.2 Early Neolithic (Figs. 4 & 5)
2.2.1 Cursuses (Table 2)
2.2.2 Other sites (Table 3)
2.2.3 Lithics (Table 4)
2.2.4 Stone axes (Table 5)
2.2.5 Other finds
2.3 Later Neolithic (Figs. 4 & 5)
2.3.1 Henges (Table 6)
2.3.2 Other sites (Table 7)
2.3.3 Lithics (Table 4)
2.4 Bronze Age (Figs 4 & 5)
2.4.1 Round Barrows (Table 8)
2.4.2 Double pit alignments (Table 9)
2.4.3 Bronze finds (Table 10)
2.4.4 Lithics (Table 11)
2.4.5 Stone axes (Table 12)
2.4.6 Other fnds
2.5 Other sites (Figs 4 & 5)
2.6 General Comments
3. DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
3.1 The Mesolithic
3.2 Neolithic and Bronze Age monument complexes
3.3 Other sites
3.4 The small finds
3.5 Recommendations for research, management and tourism

BIBLIOGRAPHY

List of Figures
Fig. 1 Location map of study area [91k]
Fig. 2 Plan of the Thornborough monument complex [58k]
Fig. 3 Distribution of Mesolithic finds [60k]
Fig. 4 Distribution of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments [70k]
Fig. 5 Distribution of Neolithic and Bronze Age finds [63k]

List of Tables (Links to tables within the text of the above report)

Table 1 Mesolithic finds
Table 2 Cursuses
Table 3 Other early Neolithic monuments
Table 4 Neolithic lithics
Table 5 Stone axes
Table 6 Henges
Table 7 Other later Neolithic monuments
Table 8 Bronze age round barrows
Table 9 Double Pit Alignments
Table 10 Bronze Age metalwork
Table 11 Bronze Age lithics
Table 12 Bronze age stone axes

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