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[Nefertiti]

Hi,
i am an A level archaeology student and my coursework is based on a locational predictional model for the position of bronze age barrows. i am basing my work on that of David Tomalin.
basically, i need to get info on the relationship between barrows and settlement, one of the things that Tomalin uses in his model. i my model i want to look for the position of just the barrows and not the settlements. i was wondering therefore if anyone could direct me to web sites or books or give me the info direct here on the relationship between barrows and settlement if indeed there is one!
Thanks!

[kevin.b]

Nefertiti,
            Welcome." The-beautifull-woman-has-come"
Please excuse my lack of knowledge about the educational system, I hardly bothered about it, hence I have no academic qualifications.
Do you just parrot somebody elses work?, or do you undertake your own investigations?
I am truly interested, and intrigued to know if you would listen to a more alternative thought about barrows?, and would that be allowed?
I have my own personal thoughts and observations about barrows , and their settings.
Have you visited any yet, there are many recorded and photographed on here, with each persons personal description of them etc.
But it would pay to actually visit and enter one, imho, but beware, you may end up like most on this site and become addicted to the megaliths, they have a sort of magic about them.
I am a dowser, I consider Nefertiti was a dowser, the rays of aten went to her hands, my theory of the barrows concerns such rays from aten, which the barrows are aligned with?, but the rays go to the hands, not to the eyes.
kevin

[Nigel]

hi nefertiti.
Assuming you feel the surest route to A-Level success is the conventional one, here are a couple of sources from the Univ of Soton you might find useful if you can get hold of them - one by Legg (Environmental influences on the distribution of ring forts in Ireland) and one by Paul Cripps - (Visibility analysis in the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site)

http://66.249.93.104...q...=1&ie=UTF-8

[kevin.b]

Nigel,
       Very, very revealing, thank you.
Kevin

[Jimit]

Not sure if it's relevant but the site below brings up the intervisibility of the various barrows etc around Stonehenge.
http://intgat.tigres...ew/MapView.html

Jim.

[Nefertiti]

hi guys, thanks for all the tips, will get round to looking at the sites after lessons. Kevin, in answer to your questions, the coursework HAS to be our own work. for mine i am taking the rather dangerous route of looking at the work of someone who is still around and lives near me and ripping it to pieces and reinterpreting. in order to ensure it is my own work i have to create my own theory, test it in the field and draw my own conclusions. we aren't given much help at this stage because, according to the exam board, we have to think for ourselves, but the teachers can guide us so we don't go off at a tangent, hence the fact my teacher is keeping a firm eye on my coursework whihc he thinks could get a bit too detailed or so complicated it flops magnifcantly!
once again thanks for all the help guys, and please let me know if you find anymore info!!!
Nefertiti

[Anew]

Jimit's reference is quite good, with a Java-enabled browser.

You might also want to look at p. 192-3 of Julian Cope's, "The Modern Antiquarian", where he maps Greater Avebury with an emphasis on the Silbury Game and its possible influence on the placement of barrows.