Causewayed Camps and Early Neolithic Economies in Central Southern England
- 1 December 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society
- Vol. 44, 161-186
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0079497x00010112
Abstract
This paper is a study of the location of several causewayed camps in central southern England. We first discuss their contemporary environment, the cultivation technology of the early neolithic farmers, and the implications of this technology for land use. We conclude from soil studies that all except one of the sites examined were in pastoral situations, although the seasonality of the pasture varied between the sites. On the basis of the location studies and our earlier arguments, we put forward a model of early neolithic land use in the area as an alternative to the traditional brandwirtschaft model.Keywords
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