Bronze Age World

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Type: journal article and geoarchaeological study
Publication: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, vol. 56, 104506

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date assertion Dartmoor reave and roundhouse landscapes — date assertion
informs · defines or contextualizes · Abstract; Holwell sequence; discussion and conclusion
Analyses sediments predating a roundhouse and reave at Holwell and finds local anthropogenic erosion both before and after formal land division.
date assertion South-west England archaeological search region — date assertion
informs · defines or contextualizes · Abstract; Holwell sequence; discussion and conclusion
Analyses sediments predating a roundhouse and reave at Holwell and finds local anthropogenic erosion both before and after formal land division.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides evidence and date · Abstract; Holwell sequence; discussion and conclusion
Analyses sediments predating a roundhouse and reave at Holwell and finds local anthropogenic erosion both before and after formal land division.
relationship Research record — associated with
Evidence confidence: moderate
informs · provides evidence and date · Abstract; Holwell sequence; discussion and conclusion
Analyses sediments predating a roundhouse and reave at Holwell and finds local anthropogenic erosion both before and after formal land division.
date assertion Formalization of Dartmoor reave and roundhouse landscapes — date assertion
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · dates · Abstract; Holwell sequence; discussion and conclusion
Analyses sediments predating a roundhouse and reave at Holwell and finds local anthropogenic erosion both before and after formal land division.
property Continuity and adaptation
Evidence confidence: high
supports · defines · Abstract; Holwell sequence; discussion and conclusion
Analyses sediments predating a roundhouse and reave at Holwell and finds local anthropogenic erosion both before and after formal land division.
entity Dartmoor reave and roundhouse landscapes
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · defines or contextualizes · Abstract; Holwell sequence; discussion and conclusion
Analyses sediments predating a roundhouse and reave at Holwell and finds local anthropogenic erosion both before and after formal land division.
entity South-west England archaeological search region
Evidence confidence: high
supports · defines or contextualizes · Abstract; Holwell sequence; discussion and conclusion
Analyses sediments predating a roundhouse and reave at Holwell and finds local anthropogenic erosion both before and after formal land division.
geography assertion Dartmoor reave and roundhouse landscapes — geography assertion
Evidence confidence: low
supports · locates or defines geometry · Abstract; Holwell sequence; discussion and conclusion
Regional reave discussion, Holwell location and comparative site references.
event Formalization of Dartmoor reave and roundhouse landscapes
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · provides evidence and date · Abstract; Holwell sequence; discussion and conclusion
Analyses sediments predating a roundhouse and reave at Holwell and finds local anthropogenic erosion both before and after formal land division.
property assignment Dartmoor reave and roundhouse landscapes — has analytical property — Research reconstruction, not a border
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · supports assignment · Abstract; Holwell sequence; discussion and conclusion
Analyses sediments predating a roundhouse and reave at Holwell and finds local anthropogenic erosion both before and after formal land division.
property assignment Dartmoor reave and roundhouse landscapes — has analytical property — Continuity and adaptation
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · supports assignment · Abstract; Holwell sequence; discussion and conclusion
Analyses sediments predating a roundhouse and reave at Holwell and finds local anthropogenic erosion both before and after formal land division.
claim Construction of Dartmoor reaves formalized landscape relations but did not mark the first substantial human impact or a wholly new agricultural regime at every locality.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports claim · Abstract; Holwell sequence; discussion and conclusion
Analyses sediments predating a roundhouse and reave at Holwell and finds local anthropogenic erosion both before and after formal land division.
claim Climate and hydrology may have contributed to particular British and Irish changes, but current evidence does not support one climate event as a sufficient universal cause.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports claim · Abstract; Holwell sequence; discussion and conclusion
Analyses sediments predating a roundhouse and reave at Holwell and finds local anthropogenic erosion both before and after formal land division.
claim Settlement visibility varies strongly by geology, preservation, survey history, excavation strategy and modern development.
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports claim · Abstract; Holwell sequence; discussion and conclusion
Analyses sediments predating a roundhouse and reave at Holwell and finds local anthropogenic erosion both before and after formal land division.
relationship Dartmoor reave and roundhouse landscapes — within archaeological search frame — South-west England archaeological search region
Evidence confidence: high
supports · supports relationship · Abstract; Holwell sequence; discussion and conclusion
Analyses sediments predating a roundhouse and reave at Holwell and finds local anthropogenic erosion both before and after formal land division.
causal hypothesis Regionally asynchronous continuity and reorganization model
Evidence confidence: high
supports · tests hypothesis · Abstract; Holwell sequence; discussion and conclusion
Analyses sediments predating a roundhouse and reave at Holwell and finds local anthropogenic erosion both before and after formal land division.
causal hypothesis Local environmental and hydrological contribution model
Evidence confidence: moderate
supports · tests hypothesis · Abstract; Holwell sequence; discussion and conclusion
Analyses sediments predating a roundhouse and reave at Holwell and finds local anthropogenic erosion both before and after formal land division.