Enclosing the Past - Inside and Outside in Prehistory (Volume 15) - Anthony Harding
Enclosing and Excluding in Bronze Age Europe
Enclosing the Past - Inside and Outside in Prehistory (Volume 15) - Anthony Harding
Anthony Harding [+]
University of Exeter
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Anthony Harding is Professor of Archaeology, University of Exeter.
Description
This paper seeks to shed light on the processes at work during the Bronze Age when the practice of enclosing became widespread. A special case of Bronze Age enclosure -- the Bohemian site of Velim -- is explored and a model for the development of enclosure in this period is proposed in which special practices, including the digging of ditches and ramparts and the deposition of bone were a way of reinforcing social distinctions.