List of FiguresList of TablesList of GraphsList of MapsAbstractChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Understanding Objects, Identity and Community2.1 Introduction2.2 The Self and the Material World2.2.1 Personhood and Objects - The Last 25 Years2.3 Identity: Community and Kinship2.3.1 Community2.
3.2 Kinship Fluidity on Two Southeast Asian Islands2.3.3 The House and Settlement2.4 Objects, the Dead and the Creation of Community2.4.1 Object Retention and the Role of Ancestors2.4.
2 Object Destruction and the Role of Ancestors2.4.3 Objects and the Role of Ancestors - Conclusion2.4.4 Inalienable Objects2.4.5 Exotica, Art and High Craftsmanship2.4.
6 Ancestors and Hierarchy2.5 The Past in the Past: Recent Archaeological Perspectives2.6 Summary2.7 Theoretical Framework and the Later Prehistory of the Thames ValleyChapter 3: The Late Bronze Age3.1 Introduction3.2 Houses and Settlements3.2.1 Settlement Longevity - Destruction and Abandonment3.
3 Special Deposits3.3.1 Defining Special Deposits3.3.2 Special Deposits in the Late Bronze Age3.4 Human Remains3.5 Field Systems and Enclosures3.5.
1 Abandoning Field Systems3.6 Late Bronze Age Metalwork3.6.1 Previous Work3.6.2 Wilburton3.6.3 Ewart Park3.
6.4 Destruction and Deposition3.6.5 Manufacture, Form and Distribution3.7 Regional Groups in the Thames Valley3.7.1 The Thames - A Prehistoric Highway?3.7.
2 Carps Tongue/Boughton-Vénat beyond Metalwork3.7.3 Material Culture Patterns3.7.4 Feasting and Middens3.8 Discussion3.9 SummaryChapter 4: The Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age Transition4.1 Introduction4.
2 Houses and Settlements4.3 Special Deposits4.4 Human Remains4.5 Middens4.6 Dividing the Landscape4.6.1 Pit Alignments in the Upper Thames Valley4.6.
2 Parallel Ditches in the Middle Thames Valley4.6.3 Linear Ditches on the Berkshire Downs4.7 Hillforts and Linear Ditches4.8 Metalworking4.9 Metalwork4.9.1 Hoards4.
9.2 Multi-period Hoards4.9.3 Foreign Objects4.10 Pottery4.10.1 Form and Finish4.10.
2 Fabric4.11 SummaryChapter 5: The Early Iron Age5.1 Introduction5.2 Houses and Settlements5.3 Special Deposits5.3.1 Animal Only5.3.
2 Pottery Only5.3.3 Mixed Deposits5.4 Animal Bones5.5 Human Remains5.5.1 Modified Human Remains5.6 The Past and Material Culture5.
6.1 Metalwork5.6.2 Old Objects, New Contexts5.7 Foreign Exotica5.8 Hillforts5.8.1 Internal Occupation5.
8.2 Human Remains5.8.3 Metalwork5.8.4 Special Deposits5.8.5 Decorated Pottery5.
9 Summary5.10 DiscussionChapter 6: The Middle Iron Age6.1 Introduction6.2 Houses and Settlements6.2.1 Penannular Gullies - Function and Interpretation6.2.2 Interpreting Enclosure6.
2.3 Longevity and Replacement6.2.4 Size, Orientation and Representation6.2.5 Controlling Access6.2.6 Enclosures within Settlements6.
2.7 Divisions within Settlements6.2.8 Enclosed Settlements6.3 Landscape Boundaries and Enclosures6.4 Special Deposits6.4.1 Animal Only6.
4.2 Pottery Only6.4.3 Mixed Deposits6.5 Human Remains6.6 Animal Bones6.7 Iron Smelting6.8 Metalwork6.
9 Summary6.10 DiscussionChapter 7: Discussion7.1 The Late Bronze Age and Iron Age Compared7.1.1 Houses and Settlements7.1.2 Human Remains7.1.
3 Metalwork7.1.4 Special Deposits7.2 Interpreting Social Organisation - A Summary7.3 Processes of Social Change7.4 Causes of Social Change7.5 Concluding ThoughtsBibliographyThe following appendices are available to downloadAppendix 1: Chronological frameworkAppendix 2: Reconstructing a RoundhouseAppendix 3: Reassessing Cotswold Community/Shorncote Quarry and Reading Business Park/Green ParkAppendix 4: Dating Field SystemsAppendix 5: ImportsAppendix 6: Stone Arrowheads, Axes and Adzes from LBA or Iron Age ContextsAppendix 7: List of HousesAppendix 8: List of Human RemainsAppendix 9: List of Special DepositsAppendix 10: Metalwork NotesAppendix 11: Late Bronze Age MetalworkAppendix 12: Iron Age Metalwork.