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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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A major phase of economic expansion occurred in southern England during the second and early first millennium BC, accompanied by a fundamental shift in regional power and wealth towards the eastern lowlands. This book offers a synthesis of available data on Bronze Age lowland field systems in England, including a gazetteer of sites. The research demonstrates the importance of large-scale animal husbandry in the mixed farming regimes as evidenced in the design of the field systems which incorporate droveways, stock proof fencing, watering holes, cow pens, sheep races and gateways for stockhandling. It is argued that the field systems represented a form of conspicuous production, an "intensification" of agrarian endeavour or a statement of intent, to be understood in relation to the maintenance, display and promotion of hierarchical social systems involved in exchange with their counterparts across the English Channel.

Agriculture, Prehistoric --- Land use, Rural --- Social archaeology --- Bronze age --- Agriculture préhistorique --- Utilisation agricole du sol --- Archéologie sociale --- Age du bronze --- England, Southern --- Angleterre (Sud) --- Antiquities. --- Antiquités --- Agriculture --- History / Europe / Great Britain --- History / Ancient --- History --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Bronsåldern --- Southern England. --- England --- Storbritannien --- Südengland --- Großbritannien --- Southern England