Seaways and shared ways:

Anderson-Whymark, Hugo; Garrow, Duncan

doi:10.2307/j.ctvh1dj3c.8

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“…Similarities in material culture indicate that this was one of the areas of the European mainland from which Neolithic material culture and practices were introduced to Britain (e.g. Sheridan, 2010a, 2010b; Rowley-Conwy, 2011; Anderson-Wymark & Garrow, 2015: 74; Pioffet, 2015).…”

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Isotopic Evidence for Human Movement into Central England during the Early Neolithic

Neil

Evans²,

Montgomery

et al. 2020

Eur. j. archaeol

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Isotope ratios of tooth enamel from ten Early Neolithic individuals buried in a long cairn at Whitwell in central England were measured to determine where they sourced their childhood diet. Five individuals have low Sr concentrations (11–66 ppm) and high 87Sr/86Sr ratios (0.7164–0.7212). Three individuals have relatively low 87Sr/86Sr ratios (0.712–0.711) and Sr concentrations ranging between 54 and 109 ppm. Two individuals have strontium isotope values that bridge the gap between the isotope compositions of these two groups. The high 87Sr/86Sr values are rare in human enamel and exclude sources within the biosphere of central England. Oxygen isotope values are comparable to those found within human archaeological populations buried in temperate regions of Europe. The strontium isotope results should be interpreted in the context of other evidence for migration from northern France to Britain during the Early Neolithic.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Isotopic Evidence for Human Movement into Central England during the Early Neolithic

Neil

Evans²,

Montgomery

et al. 2020

Eur. j. archaeol

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“…Ceramic assemblages were very small, and composed of a narrower range of vessel forms than the continental repertoires that inspired them (Thomas 2013, 371). Leaf-shaped arrowheads appeared, but they were technologically distinct from those of the Michelsberg, and thus potentially copied rather than straightforwardly transferred (Anderson-Whymark & Garrow 2015, 70). Chipped flint assemblages from this period contain only very modest numbers of diagnostically Neolithic tool types, such as polished axes, arrowheads, certain types of knives and laurel leaves, and are dominated by elements that could equally be Mesolithic in inspiration.…”

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Neolithization and Population Replacement in Britain: An Alternative View

Thomas¹

2022

CAJ

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Investigation of British Mesolithic and Neolithic genomes suggests discontinuity between the two and has been interpreted as indicating a significant migration of continental farmers, displacing the indigenous population. These incomers had already acquired some hunter-gatherer genetic heritage before their arrival, and this increased little in Britain. However, the proportion of hunter-gatherer genetic ancestry in British Neolithic genomes is generally greater than for most contemporary examples on the continent, particularly in emerging evidence from northern France, while the ultimate origin of British Neolithic populations in Iberia is open to question. Both the date calculated for the arrival of new people in Britain and their westerly origin are at odds with other aspects of the existing evidence. Here, a two-phase model of Neolithization is proposed. The first appearance of Neolithic things and practices significantly predated a more substantial transfer of population, creating the conditions under which new communities could be brought into being. The rather later establishment of a major migration stream coincided with an acceleration in the spread of Neolithic artefacts and activities, as well as an enrichment of the Neolithic material assemblage.

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“…While we do not wish to establish direct comparisons with other carving tradition in Europe, it is useful to examine their styles, contexts and carving techniques given the lack of other parallels in Britain, considering that many of these regions were connected since the Mesolithic (e.g. Anderson-Whymark et al 2015). In this context, it can be acknowledged that the Dunchraigaig deer carvings are stylistically closer to examples from Iberia.…”

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Revealing the Earliest Animal Engravings in Scotland: The Dunchraigaig Deer, Kilmartin

Valdez-Tullett¹,

Barnett²,

Robin³

et al. 2022

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The recent discovery of animal carvings in the Early Bronze Age burial cairn at Dunchraigaig (Kilmartin Glen, Scotland) prompts a re-evaluation of current knowledge of rock art in Britain. The deer and other quadrupeds represented in the monument are the first unambiguous depictions of prehistoric animals of prehistoric date in Scotland, and among the earliest identified in Britain and Ireland. This contrasts with the well-known abstract carvings of rock art in this region, characterized by cup-marks and cup-and-rings. The discovery also reinforces the special character of Kilmartin Glen as one of the most original and remarkable Neolithic–Bronze Age landscapes of monumentality and rock art in Britain. This article describes the process of authenticating the Dunchraigaig carvings as part of the Scotland's Rock Art Project (ScRAP) and discusses their implications for our understanding of prehistoric rock art in Scotland, Britain and Atlantic Europe more widely.

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Seaways and shared ways:

Cited by 10 publications

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Isotopic Evidence for Human Movement into Central England during the Early Neolithic

Isotopic Evidence for Human Movement into Central England during the Early Neolithic

Neolithization and Population Replacement in Britain: An Alternative View

Revealing the Earliest Animal Engravings in Scotland: The Dunchraigaig Deer, Kilmartin

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