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The publication presents the excavation of the Neolithic settlement strata of the tell Platia Magoula Zarkou, situated in the Peneios Plain in Western Thessaly (Greece). The tell is characterized by an uninterrupted settlement sequence which, according to the radiocarbon data, dates to the 6th millennium BC and includes the Middle Neolithic and early Late Neolithic of Greece. Geological and geophysical analyses situate the tell in its natural environment. They show that during the Neolithic period, this part of the Peneios Valley was characterized by a temporary lake, the settlement being situated on the bank of a narrow gulf. The tell was surrounded by ditches which clearly defined the settlement area. Based on the stratigraphy and building development, the radiocarbon data, the tools, the ritual objects - including the well-known house model - as well as the ornaments, the cultural development and change during this period are analysed. The nine building phases show an alternation of built and unbuilt areas. Clear change is seen in the character of the finds from the late Middle Neolithic onwards, which inter alia is evident in the use of raw materials as well as the connected acquisition network. The house model is interpreted as a symbol of a buried household, the figurines as its inhabitants, being characterized by special roles in this household.

Neolithic period.

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The excavations at Silbury Hill in the late 1960s were broadcast to the world on television and generated a huge amount of excitement, but until now have not been published. This report gives a full account of the excavation and discusses the archaeological and enviromental evidence from the tunnel, the ditch section and the cuttings on the top of the mound, as well as the radiocarbon dates. Neolithic enclosures at nearby West Kennet have been the subject of research excavations since 1987, carried out by Cardiff university. One is a nearly circular double enclosure that straddles the present Kennet, the other is a larger elliptical enclosure. The character of the palisades, their construction, the finds and the radiocarbon dates are fully reported. Very importantly there is an extensive discussion of the interpretation of Silbury Hill and the enclosures and of their relation to each other and to the other features of the Neolithic landscape: the Sanctuary, the West Kennet Avenue and Avebury itself.

Neolithic period. --- New Stone age --- Stone age

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I 2015 gjennomføre Kulturhistorisk museum utgravninger i Løten og Elverum kommuner, region Innlandet. Bakgrunnen var Statens vegvesens planer om å bygge ut riksveiene 3 og 25 for å skape en bedre veiforbindelse mellom skogene i Østerdalen og jordbruksbygdene på Hedmarken. Hele 79 kulturminneområder fra yngre steinalder til middelalder ble gravd ut, blant annet gravminner på det store Skillingstadgravfeltet, jernvinneovner, fangstanlegg, kullgroper, kokegropsfelt og gamle åkre. I tillegg presenteres utgravningsresultater fra tilgrensende områder, deriblant en smie fra Ringsaker og et smeddepot fra Elverum. I denne boken gjøres det rede for de viktigste faglige resultatene, samtidig som resultatene settes inn i en bred, kulturhistorisk sammenheng. Gjennom utgravningene og etterarbeidet er det generert ny og sentral kunnskap som belyser forhistorien i Sørøst-Norge, men som også har relevans langt utenfor regionens grenser. Prosjektet har blant annet gitt en unik mulighet til å belyse hvordan gårdsbebyggelsen og utmarksbruken var knyttet tett sammen i jernalderen. Samtidig har prosjektarbeidet synliggjort Løtens og Elverums strategiske beliggenhet for ferdselen mellom Østerdalen og Hedmarken - det var ingen vei utenom. "In 2015, the Museum of Cultural History at the University of Oslo carried out excavations in Løten and Elverum municipalities, Innlandet County. Al together, 79 cultural heritage sites, spanning in date from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages were excavated, including a site with burial cairns a Skillingstad, iron furnaces at Ånestad, trapping pits for elk, charcoal pits, cooking pit sites and the remains of several prehistoric fields. In addition, the book offers excavation results from adjacent areas, including a smithy from Hedmarken and a rich blacksmiths hoard from Østerdalen. A selection of articles give detailed presentations of the most important sites, while the results are put into a broad, cultural-historical context in the remaining articles. The excavations and subsequent work has generated new and central knowledge that illuminates the prehistory of southeastern Norway, but which also has relevance far beyond the region's borders. The project has provided a unique opportunity to shed light on how farms and outfield resources were integrated in the Iron Age. At the same time, the project work highlighted Løtens and Elverum's strategic location for the traffic between Østerdalen and Hedmarken - there was no other way between these two regions".

Iron age. --- Neolithic period. --- Norway --- Antiquities.

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Barrows, i.e. burial mounds, are amongst the most important of Europe's prehistoric monuments. Across the continent, barrows still figure as prominent elements in the landscape. Many of these mounds have been excavated, revealing much about what was buried inside these intriguing monuments. Surprisingly, little is known about the landscape in which the barrows were situated and what role they played in their environment. Palynological data, carrying important clues on the barrow environment, are available for hundreds of excavated mounds in the Netherlands. However, while local vegetation reco

Paleobotany --- Palynology --- Mounds --- Neolithic period --- Bronze age --- Paléobotanique --- Palynologie --- Tumulus --- Néolithique --- Age du bronze --- Case studies --- Cas, Etudes de --- Earth & Environmental Sciences. --- Geography. --- Physical Geography. --- Heathlands

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Pottery, Prehistoric --- Corded Ware culture --- Netherlands --- Antiquities. --- Barrow culture --- Battle-ax cultures --- Ceramika sznurowa culture --- Ceramique cordée culture --- Corded beaker culture --- Corded culture --- Schnurkeramik culture --- Snurova keramika culture --- Warrior culture --- Neolithic period --- Prehistoric pottery --- Industries, Prehistoric