Island Questions: the chronology of the Brochtorff-Xaghra Circle Gozo, and its signficance for the Neolithic sequence of Malta

Alasdair Whittle; Caroline Malone; Nathaniel Cutajar; Thomas McLaughlin; Bernardette Mercieca Spiteri; Anthony  Pace; Ronika Power; Simon  Stoddart; Sharon  Sultana; Christopher Bronk Ramsey; Elaine  Dunbar; Alex Bayliss; Frances Healy

Island Questions: the chronology of the Brochtorff-Xaghra Circle Gozo, and its signficance for the Neolithic sequence of Malta

Alasdair Whittle, Caroline Malone, Nathaniel Cutajar, Thomas McLaughlin, Bernardette Mercieca Spiteri, Anthony Pace, Ronika Power, Simon Stoddart, Sharon Sultana, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Elaine Dunbar, Alex Bayliss, Frances Healy

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Abstract

Bayesian chronological modelling of radiocarbon dates from the Brochtorff Circle at
Xagħra, Gozo, Malta (achieved through the ToTL and FRAGSUS projects), provides a
more precise chronology for the sequence of development and use of a cave complex.
Artefacts show that the site was in use from the Żebbuġ period of the late 5th/early 4th millennium cal BC to the Tarxien Cemetery phase of the later 3rd/early 2nd millennia cal BC.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-100
Number of pages	100
Journal	Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
Early online date	20 Feb 2019
Publication status	Early online date - 20 Feb 2019

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Chronology, modelling, Bayesian, prehistory, Malta, Xaghra

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Temple Landscapes: Fragility, change and resilience of Holocene environments in the Maltese Islands.
Malone, C., Stoddart, S., McLaughlin, R., Hunt, C., French, C. & Grima, R., 05 Nov 2020, Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. 569 p. (Fragsus Project Monographs; vol. 1)
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Hypogea and the clubhouse: Neolithic Malta's houses of the living and the dead.
Malone, C., McLaughlin, R., Barratt, R. & Parkinson, E. W., 2019, Houses of the dead?: Neolithic Studies Group Seminar papers 17. Barclay, A., Field, D. & Leary, J. (eds.). Oxford: Oxbow, Vol. 17. p. 15-37 23 p. (Neolithic Studies Group Seminar Papers).
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Whittle, A., Malone, C., Cutajar, N., McLaughlin, T., Mercieca Spiteri, B., Pace, A., Power, R., Stoddart, S., Sultana, S., Bronk Ramsey, C., Dunbar, E., Bayliss, A., & Healy, F. (2019). Island Questions: the chronology of the Brochtorff-Xaghra Circle Gozo, and its signficance for the Neolithic sequence of Malta. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 1-100. Advance online publication.

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Temple Landscapes: Fragility, change and resilience of Holocene environments in the Maltese Islands.

Hypogea and the clubhouse: Neolithic Malta's houses of the living and the dead.

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