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Defining a Regional Neolithic:
The Evidence from Britain and Ireland
Neolithic Studies Group Seminar Papers 9
Edited by
Kenneth Brophy and Gordon Barclay
Oxbow Books
Published by
Oxbow Books, Oxford, UK
© Oxbow Books and the individual authors, 2009
ISBN 978 1 84217 333 6
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Cover: Neolithic timber hall at Claish, Stirlingshire, during excavation in 2001
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Foreword
This volume of papers is the ninth set of proceedings from a meeting of the Neolithic
Studies Group to be published. As with previous volumes, it includes reflective versions of
papers given at a meeting of the group, as well as additional material.
The Neolithic Studies Group is a loose-knit collectivity of archaeologists, mainly from
the British Isles and the Atlantic seaboard countries of Europe, with an interest in the
Neolithic period. It was formed in the Spring of 1984, the first meeting being held in
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK. Since then, the Group has generally met twice a year:
Spring and Autumn. The Autumn meetings are held in London and address a specific topical
theme. Spring meetings are held outside London to examine at first hand the Neolithic
remains of a defined area and consider recent research relevant to the region. Spring field
meetings have included: western Ireland, south-east Scotland, eastern Scotland, north Wales,
North Yorkshire and Humberside, Northumberland, Wessex, the Channel Islands, Sussex,
Cambridge and Grimes Graves, Normandy, Isle of Mann, the Peak District, Caithness,
Orkney and Brittany.
All the meetings depend for their success upon the efforts and enthusiasm of local
organisers. The occasion of publishing this volume provides an appropriate opportunity
to thank all those who have helped organise the Group’s meetings in recent years.
Membership of the Neolithic Studies Group is open to anyone active in studying any
aspect of the Neolithic period in Europe. The present membership list, which stands at
around 250 individuals, includes: academic staff, researchers and students from universities
and colleges in several European countries; museum curators and museum-based research
and field staff; and field archaeologists from national and local government organisations
and from archaeological trusts and units. There is no application procedure or subscription
fee to join the Group; members are simply those currently on the mailing list. Anyone can
ask to be added to the mailing list at any time, the only rule of the Group is that names
are deleted from the list if the individual concerned misses four meetings in a row (ie. two
years) and has not contacted the Group Co-ordinators asking to be kept on the list during
that time.
For further information about the history of the Group, details of forthcoming events
and publications, and details of how to join our mailing list, visit the Group’s web site:
www.neolithic.org.uk
As already mentioned, the Group relies on its members to organise meetings so that this
responsibility is shared round. There are two Co-ordinators who look after the mailing
list and finances, and who juggle offers to arrange meetings so that there is a fair spread
of venues and themes.
We hope that you will find this volume of papers published by the Neolithic Studies
Group useful, and we look forward to seeing you at one of our future meetings.
Timothy Darvill and Kenneth Brophy
(Neolithic Studies Group Co-ordinators)

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