Potterne 1982–5: Animal Husbandry in Later Prehistoric Wiltshire
Andrew J. Lawson
Description
For half a millennium, successive generations of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age farmers maintained their animals at the same site to the north of the modern parish of Potterne. Their specialised activities were served by an integrated social network through which contact was maintained with close and distant neighbours. Periodic communal meetings at the site provided the stimulus and opportunity for the exchange of agricultural produce, manufactured goods and at the same time developed social bonds.
The physical evidence at Potterne comprises a dark man-made soil, rich in artefacts, domestic and industrial waste, forming a collosal low mound 3.5 ha in extent and up to 2m thick. Exploratory excavations between 1982 and 1985 demonstrated the extent and unusual character of the site and have led to the definition of a previously unrecognised phenomenon. The progressive accumulation of such a vast quantity of material has necessitated a consideration of the role of farming, especially cattle husbandry, in the later prehistoric society of southern Britain.
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