Early to Middle Bronze Age agricultural terraces in north-east England: morphology, dating and cultural implications

Antony G. Brown; Daniel Fallu; Sara Cucchiaro; Monica Alonso Eguiluz; Rosa Maria Albert; Kevin Walsh; Ben R.  Pears; Rob Scaife; Catherine Langdon; Paolo Tarolli; David Cockroft; Lisa Snape; Andreas Lang; Philippa Ascough; Pengzhi  Zhaio; Kristof Van Oost; Clive Waddington

doi:10.15184/aqy.2023.1

Early to Middle Bronze Age agricultural terraces in north-east England: morphology, dating and cultural implications

Antony G. Brown, Daniel Fallu, Sara Cucchiaro, Monica Alonso Eguiluz, Rosa Maria Albert, Kevin Walsh, Ben R. Pears, Rob Scaife, Catherine Langdon, Paolo Tarolli, David Cockroft, Lisa Snape, Andreas Lang, Philippa Ascough, Pengzhi Zhaio, Kristof Van Oost, Clive Waddington

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Terracing is found widely in the Mediterranean and in other hilly and mountainous regions of the world. Yet while archaeological attention to these ‘mundane’ landscape features has grown, they remain understudied, particularly in Northern Europe. Here, the authors present a multidisciplinary study of terraces in the Breamish Valley, Northumberland. The results date their construction to the Early to Middle Bronze Age, when they were built by cutting back the hillside, stone clearance and wall construction. Environmental evidence points to their use for cereal cultivation. The authors suggest that the construction and use of these terraces formed part of an Early to Middle Bronze Age agricultural intensification, which may have been both demographically and culturally driven.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	348-366
Number of pages	19
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	97
Issue number	392
Early online date	6 Feb 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.1
Publication status	Published - 11 Apr 2023

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This work was funded by the H2020 European Research Council (ERC Advanced Grant No. 787790 TerrACE, PI A.G. Brown).

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Brown, A. G., Fallu, D., Cucchiaro, S., Alonso Eguiluz, M., Albert, R. M., Walsh, K., Pears, B. R., Scaife, R., Langdon, C., Tarolli, P., Cockroft, D., Snape, L., Lang, A., Ascough, P., Zhaio, P., Van Oost, K., & Waddington, C. (2023). Early to Middle Bronze Age agricultural terraces in north-east England: morphology, dating and cultural implications. Antiquity, 97(392), 348-366. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.1

Brown, Antony G. ; Fallu, Daniel ; Cucchiaro, Sara ; Alonso Eguiluz, Monica ; Albert, Rosa Maria ; Walsh, Kevin ; Pears, Ben R. ; Scaife, Rob ; Langdon, Catherine ; Tarolli, Paolo ; Cockroft, David ; Snape, Lisa ; Lang, Andreas ; Ascough, Philippa ; Zhaio, Pengzhi ; Van Oost, Kristof ; Waddington, Clive. / Early to Middle Bronze Age agricultural terraces in north-east England: morphology, dating and cultural implications. In: Antiquity. 2023 ; Vol. 97, No. 392. pp. 348-366.

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