Director Christine Shaw
This dissertation was given as a lecture at a Conference in June 1994 (Reynolds 1994) and the interpretation arose from observations following construction and dismantling of the Pimperne Round House (Harding, Blake and Reynolds 1993)
The paper is readily available in full in Butser Publications: Occasional Papers Volume 1 (see below)
The arguments advanced lead to the key proposition that deposits in a post hole have a high probability of being coeval with the early phases of occupation, rather than being an indicator of post-depositional phases. This could have profound consequences for the interpretation of excavation data.
(1) Butser Publications:
Occasional Papers Volume 1: "The Life and Death of a Post
Hole"
(2)Harding D.W., Blake I. and Reynolds P.J. "Excavations at
Pimperne Down, Dorset" Monograph1 Edinburgh University press
1993
(3) Reynolds P.J. "The Life and Death of a Post Hole"
in Interpreting Stratigraphy No 5 Norfolk Archaeological Unit,
Norfolk Museum Services UK 1994
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