Howick: Discussion and Interpretation

Prior to the discovery at Howick, evidence for Mesolithic activity in Northumberland consisted almost entirely of stone tool artefact scatters, some of which were discovered by fieldwalking (Weyman 1975; 1980; Davies 1983; in press; Tolan-Smith 1997a; Waddington 1999a, 2004), others as clusters of t...

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Hauptverfasser:	Clive Waddington, Geoff Bailey, Nicky Milner
Format:	Buchkapitel
Sprache:	eng
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Zusammenfassung:	Prior to the discovery at Howick, evidence for Mesolithic activity in Northumberland consisted almost entirely of stone tool artefact scatters, some of which were discovered by fieldwalking (Weyman 1975; 1980; Davies 1983; in press; Tolan-Smith 1997a; Waddington 1999a, 2004), others as clusters of tools and knapping debris from old land surfaces (Buckley 1922; 1925; Raistrick 1934; Tolan-Smith 1997b; Young 2000a), and yet others from the base of rock shelter sites with a few structural features (Burgess 1972; Beckensall 1976; Davies pers. comm.;Waddington 1999a; 1999b). A single midden-type deposit was partially recorded at Low Hauxley below Bronze Age burials, situated in