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THE COLLECTION and DISTRIBUTION of LITHIC MATERIALS DURING the MESOLITHIC and NEOLITHIC PERIODS IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND
Author(s) -
CARE VERNA
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0092.1982.tb00314.x
Subject(s) - mesolithic , archaeology , peninsula , geography , settlement (finance) , period (music) , stone age , art , world wide web , computer science , payment , aesthetics
Summary: This paper explores the changing use of lithic raw materials between the late Mesolithic and the late Neolithic periods in three areas of England: the Weald, the south western peninsula and southern Wessex. In the Weald changes in Mesolithic technology may be related to contemporary changes in the settlement‐pattern brought about by ecological factors. In the south‐west and in Wessex there is some continuity in the use of particular stone sources in the Mesolithic and Neolithic, but in the latter period there may be evidence for greater social control over the use of certain quarry sites and their products. One reason for the growth of regional exchange was the difficulty of long distance movement in a sedentary agricultural economy.