Ros Cleal
5 Papers
80 Citations
Ros Cleal is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Prehistory & Context (language use). The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 5 publications.
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The age of Stonehenge
Mike Parker Pearson,Ros Cleal,Peter Marshall,Stuart Needham,Josh Pollard,Colin Richards,Clive Ruggles,Alison Sheridan,Juergen Thomas,Chris Tilley,Kate Welham,Andrew T. Chamberlain,Carolyn Chenery,Jane Evans,Christopher J. Knüsel,Neil Linford,Louise Martin,Janet Montgomery,Andy Payne,Michael P. Richards +19 more
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that the ambiguous dating of the trilithons, the grand centrepiece of Stonehenge, was based on samples taken from the wrong context, and can now be settled at 2600-2400 cal BC.
Stonehenge's Avenue and "Bluestonehenge'
Michael J. Allen,Ben Chan,Ros Cleal,Charles French,Peter Marshall,Joshua Pollard,Rebecca Pullen,Colin Richards,Clive Ruggles,David Wayne Robinson,Jim Rylatt,Juergen Thomas,Kate Welham,Mike Parker Pearson +13 more
TL;DR: A smaller, dismantled stone circle on the banks of the River Avon, connected to Stonehenge itself by the Avenue, has been labelled as bluestonehenge from the evidence that it once held a circle of bluestones as mentioned in this paper.
East of Avebury: tracing prehistoric activity and environmental change in the environs of Avebury henge (excavations at Rough Leaze 2007)
Joshua Pollard,Michael J. Allen,Ros Cleal,N. Shashall,J. Gunter,V. Roberts,David Wayne Robinson +6 more
- 01 Jan 2012
TL;DR: The results of a geophysical survey, test pitting and excavation at Rough Leaze, immediately to the east of the Avebury henge, are described in this article, where the fieldwork revealed a moderate density scatter of mostly Neolithic flintwork, colluvial build-up against the henge bank, stake-holes and a series of Neolithic tree-related features.
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Feeding Stonehenge: cuisine and consumption at the Late Neolithic site of Durrington Walls
Oliver E. Craig,Lisa-Marie Shillito,Umberto Albarella,Sarah Viner-Daniels,Ben Chan,Ros Cleal,Robert Ixer,Mandy Jay,Peter Marshall,Ellen Simmons,Elizabeth Wright,Mike Parker Pearson +11 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify the preferential use of certain pottery types for the preparation of particular food groups and differential consumption of dairy and meat products between monumental and domestic areas of the site.