Excavation, Analysis and Interpretation of Early Bronze Age Barrows at Guiting Power, Gloucestershire covers the full excavation, analysis and interpretation of two early Bronze Age round barrows at Guiting Power in the Cotswolds, a region where investigation and protection of such sites have been extremely poor, with many barrows unnecessarily lost to erosion, and with most existing excavation partial, and of low quality. One monument, Guiting Power 1, typical of many others in the region in terms of general form, was investigated to assess how far surviving evidence could be used to indicate original structure, as a basis for discussion of function as a funerary and ritual site.
The project is paired with the full excavation of a larger round barrow, of similar date, nearby, at Guiting Power 3 in the valley below. Both sites have been considered within their local environment and as part of the general pattern of settlement. The monuments have also provided data for a programme of experimental investigation of prehistoric cremation.
Discovery of a post ring with well-preserved basal structures, sealed under an early bronze age round barrow at Guiting Power 3, enables detailed analysis of its structure, associations, and place in the sequence. This review of a sample of other post rings from southern and western Britain places the example from Guiting Power within its archaeological context.
Table of Contents
Analysis of an Early Bronze Age Round Barrow: A Case Study at Guiting Power 1, Glos. (UK)
SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE SITE
SECTION 2: OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT
SECTION 3: METHODS FOR INVESTIGATION OF THE SITE
SECTION 4: STRUCTURAL SEQUENCE AT THE SITE
SECTION 5: GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE SITE
SECTION 6: FINDS AND SAMPLES FROM THE SITE
SECTION 7: SUPPLEMENTARY STUDIES
SUPPLEMENTARY STUDY A: Round barrows in the northern Cotswolds: current state of preservation in a selected study area
SUPPLEMENTARY STUDY B: Summary of published data on excavated round barrows from the Cotswold region
SUPPLEMENTARY STUDY C: Other round barrows in the area: data from geophysical survey
SECTION 8: APPENDICES
SECTION 9: SUPPORTING INFORMATION/SOURCES
SECTION 10: FIGURES AND PLATES
Interpretation of an Early Bronze Age Round Barrow: Excavation of the Monument at Guiting Power 3, Glos. (UK)
SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE SITE
SECTION 2: OBJECTIVES AND METHODS FOR INVESTIGATION OF THE SITE
SECTION 3: STRUCTURAL SEQUENCE AT THE SITE
SECTION 4: GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE SITE
SECTION 5: FINDS AND SAMPLES FROM THE SITE
SECTION 6: SUPPORTING INFORMATION/ SOURCES
SECTION 7: FIGURES AND PLATES
A Brief Review of Post Rings Associated With Earlier Bronze Age Round Barrows in Southern Britain: A Context for the Example at Guiting Power 3, Glos. (UK)
SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION
SECTION 2: REVIEW OF PUBLISHED INFORMATION
SECTION 3: SUMMARIES OF INDIVIDUAL POST RINGS
SECTION 4: GENERAL DISCUSSION
SECTION 5: SOURCES OF INFORMATION
SECTION 6: FIGURES
