Bronze Age Settlements in the Low Countries by Fokkens, Harry -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Preface 1 Towards new models

Introduction Earlier syntheses New themes in settlement research Concluding remarks Acknowledgements Notes References

2 Bronze Age settlements in the Low Countries: an overview

Introduction Dating the Bronze Age The Low Countries during the Bronze Age Introduction to the Bronze Age occupation of the physical geographical regions of the Low Countries Bronze Age settlement sites in the Low Countries: an overview Characteristics of Bronze Age houses in the Low Countries The Bronze Age farmstead The Bronze Age settlement sites Conclusions Notes References

3 Houses and barrows in the Low Countries

Introduction Modelling barrow-house relations Was a Middle Bronze Age barrow the burial site of a household? Was a barrow situated close to a house? Are barrows contemporary to houses? What did determine the location of Middle Bronze Age barrows then? Conclusion Appendix: A revision of the chronology of the De Bogen barrow Notes References

4 Bronze Age settlements in Drenthe

Introduction The evolution of the farmhouse The farmstead Angelslo and Emmerhout Borger To conclude… References

5 Bronze Age occupation on coversand ridges of the Looërenk near Zutphen

Introduction Habitation The development of the Looërenk settlement Acknowledgements References

6 The Middle Bronze Age farmstead from Rhede (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Introduction Middle Bronze Age buildings Pottery Bronze blades Archaeobotanical analysis Bones Radiocarbon analyses Synthesis & discussion Acknowledgements Notes References

7 Rhenen-Remmerden revisited: some comments regarding site structure and the visibility of Bronze Age house plans

Introduction Geographical background Archaeological data Buildings Pits (Fig. 7.5) Concentrations of pits Dating of the site An interpretation of the Bronze Age occupation of Rhenen–Remmerden Rituals, structured deposition or garbage? Final remarks Acknowledgements Notes References

8 Living at Eigenblok. A Bronze Age settlement in the Dutch river area

Introduction Eigenblok-West (site 5) Eigenblok-Oost (site 6) Eigenblok (sites 1–4) Site 1 Occupation period of all sites Land use Settlement pattern Conclusion Acknowledgements Notes References

9 The Bronze Age cultural landscape at Zijderveld

Introduction Geological setting and chronology The 2004 excavations The Bronze Age houses The farmyards Dating of the house sites Material remains The pastures and fields The size of the settlement site Concluding remarks Notes References

10 Bronze age settlements in Tiel-Medel

Introduction Landscape Settlement sites Discussion Acknowledgements References

11 The Bronze Age cultural landscape of De Bogen

Introduction The prehistoric landscape Archaeological remains Concluding remarks on the settlement through the ages Acknowledgements Appendix: The barrow of De Bogen References

12 Marking while taking land into use: some indications for long-term traditions within the Oer-IJ estuarine region

Introduction Velserbroek: initial users and their traces Excavations and earliest traces along the trackway The Broekpolder The Assendelver polder and Uitgeesterbroek polder Concluding remarks Notes References

13 The Early Bronze Age farmstead of Noordwijk

Introduction The excavation The house plan from Noordwijk Dating of the settlement structures Other Early Bronze Age house plans in the Netherlands Concluding remarks Notes References

14 Bronze Age neighbours: occupation of three parallel coversand ridges near Breda

Introduction Location of the sites within the wider landscape Occupation evidence The settlement system Concluding remarks Notes References

15 The living and the dead: a Bronze Age barrow and farmyard from Weelde

Introduction Topographical and geological situation The Middle Bronze Age farmyard on the location Melkerijstraat The Middle Bronze Age graves on the location Schootseweg Organisation of the settlement Notes References

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