entity · region_bi_southwest_england
South-west England archaeological search region
Analytical frame for Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and adjacent Atlantic-facing landscapes.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1600 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: broad archaeological range
- informs · defines or contextualizes
Boom and bust in Bronze Age Britain: major copper production from the Great Orme mine and European trade, c. 1600–1400 BC — R. Alan Williams, Cécile Le Carlier de Veslud (2019)Integrates mine chronology, ore characterisation, metal analyses and production estimates to argue for a major Great Orme production peak and wide circulation.
Locator: Abstract; The Great Orme copper mine; Discussion; Conclusions; Figures 2 and 9 - informs · defines or contextualizes
What happened before the Middle Bronze Age land divisions and roundhouses? Prehistoric soil erosion and landscape change on Dartmoor, UK — Chris Carey, Kim Hunnisett, Richard Macphail, Lee Bray, Phil Toms, Jaime Wood, Andy Crabb (2024)Analyses sediments predating a roundhouse and reave at Holwell and finds local anthropogenic erosion both before and after formal land division.
Locator: Abstract; Holwell sequence; discussion and conclusion - informs · defines or contextualizes
Claimed by the Sea: Salcombe, Langdon Bay, and Other Marine Finds of the Bronze Age — Stuart Needham, David Parham, Catherine Frieman (2013)Publishes and compares Salcombe, Langdon Bay and related marine assemblages while examining wreck, loss and deliberate-deposition alternatives.
Locator: Chapters on Salcombe, Langdon Bay and interpretive synthesis
Research description
A modern research frame for mining, field systems, maritime assemblages, upland settlement and exchange. It is not a prehistoric ethnic or political territory.
Evidence and sources
- supports · defines or contextualizes
Boom and bust in Bronze Age Britain: major copper production from the Great Orme mine and European trade, c. 1600–1400 BC — R. Alan Williams, Cécile Le Carlier de Veslud (2019)Integrates mine chronology, ore characterisation, metal analyses and production estimates to argue for a major Great Orme production peak and wide circulation.
Locator: Abstract; The Great Orme copper mine; Discussion; Conclusions; Figures 2 and 9 - supports · defines or contextualizes
What happened before the Middle Bronze Age land divisions and roundhouses? Prehistoric soil erosion and landscape change on Dartmoor, UK — Chris Carey, Kim Hunnisett, Richard Macphail, Lee Bray, Phil Toms, Jaime Wood, Andy Crabb (2024)Analyses sediments predating a roundhouse and reave at Holwell and finds local anthropogenic erosion both before and after formal land division.
Locator: Abstract; Holwell sequence; discussion and conclusion - supports · defines or contextualizes
Claimed by the Sea: Salcombe, Langdon Bay, and Other Marine Finds of the Bronze Age — Stuart Needham, David Parham, Catherine Frieman (2013)Publishes and compares Salcombe, Langdon Bay and related marine assemblages while examining wreck, loss and deliberate-deposition alternatives.
Locator: Chapters on Salcombe, Langdon Bay and interpretive synthesis