Early Neolithic enclosures in Wales: a review of the evidence in light of recent discoveries at Caerau, Cardiff

Davis, Oliver ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6585-7457 and Sharples, Niall ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8736-2554 2017. Early Neolithic enclosures in Wales: a review of the evidence in light of recent discoveries at Caerau, Cardiff. Antiquaries Journal 97 , pp. 1-26. 10.1017/S0003581517000282

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Abstract

Causewayed enclosures have recently been at the forefront of debate within British and European Neolithic studies. In the British Isles as a whole, the vast majority of these monuments are located in southern England, but a few sites are now beginning to be discovered beyond this core region. The search in Wales had seen limited success, but in the 1990s a number of cropmark discoveries suggested the presence of such enclosures west of the River Severn. Nonetheless, until now only two enclosures have been confirmed as Neolithic in Wales – Banc Du (in Pembrokeshire) and Womaston (in Powys) – although neither produced more than a handful of sherds of pottery, flint or other material culture. Recent work by the authors at the Iron Age hillfort of Caerau, Cardiff, have confirmed the presence of another, large, Early Neolithic causewayed enclosure in the country. Excavations of the enclosure ditches have produced a substantial assemblage of bowl pottery, comparable with better-known enclosures in England, as well as ten radiocarbon dates. This paper provides a complete review of the evidence for Neolithic enclosures in Wales, and discusses the chronology and context of the enclosures based on the new radiocarbon dates and material assemblages recovered from Caerau.

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Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
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Publisher:	Cambridge University Press (CUP)
ISSN:	0003-5815
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Last Modified:	03 Nov 2022 09:28
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/105028

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