Behaviour and belief in mortuary ritual: attitudes to the disposal of the dead in southern Britain 3500bc-AD43 by Peter H.W. Bristow

“…Over 1700 prehistoric burial sites have been summarised and analysed for Southern Britain from the start of the Early Neolithic, through the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages up to the Roman Invasion in AD43. This is the first time that such a study - covering c.4400 years of British prehistory - has been undertaken on such a scale or in such detail. …”
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Palaeoenvironmental and Archaeological Implications of a Sediment Core from Polje Čepić, Istria, Croatia by Andrea L. Balbo, Maja Andrič, Josip Rubinić, Andrea Moscariello, Preston T. Miracle

“…</div><div>During the Bronze and Iron Ages, the possible intensification</div><div>of forest clearance and agricultural practices is indicated by: (1) an</div><div>increase in the number and type of archaeological sites found around</div><div>the polje; (2) a more open plant landscape in the upper part of the analysed&nbsp;sequence; and (3) a three-fold increase in the sedimentation rate,&nbsp;possibly starting as early as 4000 years cal BP. …”
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Stone-tool assemblage of the Eneolithic settlement of Tolum-1 in the Konda River Basin by Khramcov M.V., Chairkina N.M., Dubovtseva E.N., Myznikov S.A.

“…In 2020, the expedition of Poengurr and the Institute of History and Archaeology of the Ural Branch of RAS investigated the settlement of Tolum-1, which functioned during the Neolithic, Eneolithic, Bronze and Early Iron Ages. The site is located in the north of Western Siberia, in Kondinsky District of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — Yugra. …”
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