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Table of Contents

• Summary
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures and Tables

• 1. Introduction (P. Davenport, A. Hunt and D. Hurst)
• 1.1 Aims
• 1.2 Site background
• 1.2.1 Geology
• 1.2.2 Archaeological and historical background
• 1.2.3 Known sites in the vicinity of Blackstone
• 1.2.4 History of archaeological work at the Blackstone site
• 1.3 Site field recording
• 1.3.1 Fieldwork constraints
• 1.4 Post-fieldwork analysis
• 1.4.1 Structure of the report
• 1.5 Archive

• 2. Summary of Phases
• 2.1 Period 1. Mesolithic
• 2.2 Period 2. Neolithic and Bronze Age
• 2.3 Period 3. Iron Age
• 2.3.1 Period 3.1
• 2.3.2 Period 3.2
• 2.3.3 Period 3.3
• 2.4 Period 4. Roman (2nd-3rd century AD)
• 2.5 Period 5. Medieval and later

• 3. Site Description
• 3.1 General observations about the site
• 3.1.1 Finds
• 3.2 Structural evidence (P. Davenport, A. Hunt and D. Hurst)
• 3.2.1 Period 1. Late Mesolithic
• 3.2.2 Period 2. Later Neolithic and Bronze Age
• 3.2.3 Period 3. Iron Age
• 3.2.4 Period 4. Roman
• 3.3 Commentary on the 1979 site narrative (P. Davenport and D. Hurst)
• 3.3.1 Enclosure circuit and internal features
• 3.3.2 Features outside the enclosure
• 3.3.3 Site chronology (D. Hurst)
• 3.3.4 Finds

• 4. Material Culture
• 4.1 Flint (P. Woodward)
• 4.2 Prehistoric pottery (E.L. Morris)
• 4.2.1 Later Neolithic
• 4.2.2 Early Bronze Age
• 4.2.3 Iron Age
• 4.3 Briquetage (E.L. Morris)
• 4.4 Roman and later pottery (D. Hurst)
• 4.5 Ceramic objects (D. Hurst)
• 4.6 Ceramic building material (L. Griffin)
• 4.7 Fired clay (L. Griffin)
• 4.8 Clay pipe (by L. Griffin)
• 4.9 Metalwork (D. Hurst and L. Griffin)
• 4.10 Worked stone (F. Roe)
• 4.11 Glass (L. Griffin)

• 5. Environmental Evidence
• 5.1 General methods (E. Pearson)
• 5.2 Plant macrofossil remains (E. Pearson, C. Keepax and P. Paradine)
• 5.3 Charcoal: further analysis (A.J. Clapham)
• 5.4 Animal bone (A. Locker)
• 5.5 Overview of the environmental evidence (E. Pearson)
• 5.6 Radiocarbon dating

• 6. Site Discussion (D. Hurst)
• 6.1 Earlier prehistoric
• 6.1.1 North-west Worcestershire
• 6.1.2 Blackstone site
• 6.2 Iron Age
• 6.2.1 Blackstone enclosure in its regional context
• 6.2.2 Iron Age rectilinear enclosures
• 6.3 Blackstone – the enclosure site
• 6.3.1 Ditch and bank enclosure
• 6.3.2 Buildings
• 6.3.3 Artefacts and their deposition
• 6.3.4 Other remains
• 6.3.5 Site dating
• 6.3.6 Overall conclusions
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• Bibliography

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