Hillfort gate-mechanisms: a contextual, architectural reassessment of Eddisbury, Hembury, and Cadbury hillforts

Pope, Rachel; Mason, Richard; Rule, Edward; Swogger, John

doi:10.1080/00665983.2019.1711301

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“…Hayhope was a first attempt to date palisaded enclosures for the RCAHMS, as well as investigate three roundhouses. Following pioneering hillfort excavation strategies by Dorothy Liddell at Hembury, Devon (1930-32, 1935; see Pope et al, 2020), the Wheelers at Maiden Castle, Dorset (1934-37;Wheeler & Cotton, 1943), and the Varleys in Cheshire (Pope et al, in prep. ), this was one of the first large area excavations on a settlement interior in northern Britain.…”

Section: Hillforts and The Hownam Modelmentioning

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Peggy Piggott and Post-war British Archaeology

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Davies

2024

Eur. j. archaeol

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The later career of British prehistorian Peggy Piggott, latterly Guido, is evaluated in this article, in a bid to further develop our understanding of women's participation in twentieth-century British archaeology. After WWII, when her husband Stuart Piggott was appointed to the Abercromby Chair in Edinburgh, she worked to assist his role. By the early 1950s, she had co-directed and published eight hillfort excavations, advancing our understanding of prehistoric architecture before the advent of radiocarbon dating. The authors consider Peggy Piggott's contribution as a fieldworker, promoting open-area excavation and influencing the next generation. We also consider her thinking, as an early advocate for continuity and Childe's diffusionism, in contrast to the invasionist views of Christopher Hawkes and Stuart Piggott. The authors reflect on the role her marriage played in enabling and restricting her career, her work in 1960s Italy, her expertise in ancient glass beads, and her activity in retirement.

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Section: Hillforts and The Hownam Modelmentioning

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Peggy Piggott and Post-war British Archaeology

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Davies

2024

Eur. j. archaeol

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“…Dorothy Liddell, for example, had directed the Hembury hillfort (Devon) excavations between 1930–35, receiving lots of public interest (see Pope et al . 2020, fig. 15).…”

Section: Barrows (Latch Farm Crichel and Launceston Downs)mentioning

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Peggy Piggott: Women and British Archaeology (1930–1945)

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Davies

2023

Oxford J Archaeology

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Summary The 2021 film, The Dig, stimulated much interest in discovering more about Peggy Piggott, the archaeologist who first ‘struck gold’ at Sutton Hoo. Piggott was a leading British prehistorian, who produced over sixty published works for the field. Here we examine her early life and career, her training with the Curwens and the Wheelers, her marriage to Stuart Piggott, and her recognized expertise that led to her joining the Sutton Hoo team in 1939. During WWII, she established the modern standard for barrow excavation, and in 1944 was recognized by the Society of Antiquaries for her ‘devotion to the study of archaeology’. Piggott provides a lens through which we consider the careers of 1930s women archaeologists – those factors enabling access to archaeology (class, wartime opportunity) and factors that limited progress (lack of a degree, marriage).

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Re-approaching Celts: Origins, Society, and Social Change

Pope

2021

J Archaeol Res

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This work re-approaches the origins of “the Celts” by detailing the character of their society and the nature of social change in Europe across 700–300 BC. A new approach integrates regional burial archaeology with contemporary classical texts to further refine our social understanding of the European Iron Age. Those known to us as “Celts” were matrifocal Early Iron Age groups in central Gaul who engaged in social traditions out of the central European salt trade and became heavily involved in Mediterranean politics. The paper focuses on evidence from the Hallstatt–La Tène transition to solve a 150-year-old problem: how the Early Iron Age “Celts” became the early La Tène “Galatai,” who engaged in the Celtic migrations and the sacking of Rome at 387 BC.

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Hillfort gate-mechanisms: a contextual, architectural reassessment of Eddisbury, Hembury, and Cadbury hillforts

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Peggy Piggott and Post-war British Archaeology

Peggy Piggott and Post-war British Archaeology

Peggy Piggott: Women and British Archaeology (1930–1945)

Re-approaching Celts: Origins, Society, and Social Change

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