Abstract

Environmental evidence is now widely used by archaeologists to investigate and gain better understanding of the economic and subsistence strategies used by past societies. With the rise of post-processual theory and advances in methodologies, environmental data is now adding to the understanding of past societies’ socio-economic and ultural attributes.

One aspect aiding this is the analysis of data from ritual deposits. To investigate such board concepts multiple lines of evidence are often needed, using many different archaeological datasets. This session aims to draw attention to case studies and methodologies where analysis of a combination of environmental and non-environmental archaeological data has aided in the interpretation and a greater understanding of the formation and possible purpose of ritual deposits.

Organisers

 James Morris, Bournemouth University: morrisj@bmth.ac.uk
 Mark Maltby, Bournemouth University: mmaltby@bmth.ac.uk