The Harmony of Symbols : : The Windmill Hill causewayed enclosure, Wiltshire / / A. W. R. Whittle, Joshua Pollard, Caroline Grigson.

Three circuits of ditches comprise the Windmill Hill enclosure, which was re-examined in 1988. This text sets out detailed results arranged by category and theme, and evidence is presented covering soils, land snails, plant remains, charcoals, pollen, amphibian and small mammal remains.

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Place / Publishing House:Oakville, CT. : : Oxbow Books,, 1999.
Year of Publication:1999
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 404 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Radiocarbon dates-- 1. History of research and the 1988 excavations-- 2. The layout of the enclosure: earthwork and geophysical survey-- 3. The Keiller excavations-- 4. The 1988 excavations-- 5. Radiocarbon dating-- 6. Soils-- 7. Land Mollusca-- 8. Charred plant remains-- 9. The charcoal assemblages-- 10. Pollen analysis-- 11. The mammalian remains-- 12. Small vertebrate bone-- 13. Pottery-- 14. Flint-- 15. Other finds-- 16. Human remains-- 17. Interpretations-- 18. The harmony of symbols: wider meanings.