De steentijd is vernoemd naar de stenen gereedschappen die mensen in deze tijd maakten. In werkelijkheid gebruikten ze nog veel meer materialen, zoals hout, bot, gewei en plantenvezels, maar die blijven zelden bewaard in de bodem. Ze vergaan. In de natte West-Nederlandse bodem hebben we het geluk dat deze vergankelijke materialen de tand des tijds soms hebben doorstaan: houten bogen, waarmee de jager-verzamelaars en eerste boeren hun buit vingen, boomstamkano’s waarmee ze door het natte lan...

Barrows at the Core of Bronze Age Communities argues exactly that. Round barrows do not just represent the death side of Early Bronze Age communities placed in set-a-side ritual landscapes, but were instead central to existence in many ways. This study of the Rother Region, where the Weald meets the Wessex massif, reports the results of the People of the Heath project, 2014–18. It integrates a wealth of data from comprehensive field study of all relevant sites in the region with that from e...

In 2015 at Dalfsen (the Netherlands) archaeologists made an amazing discovery. They found a burial ground dating from the TRB-period (3000-2750 BC) comprising 141 burial pits. The TRB is dated in the last phase of the Middle Neolithic period and is well known for its megalithic monuments which are widespread through large parts of northern Europe.

Until recently few non-megalithic burial grounds were known and the find of the Dalfsen burials created new opportunities to study the mortuary rit...