ABSTRACT Excavations at Black Loch of Myrton, Dumfries & Galloway are revealing the very well-preserved remains of an Iron Age settlement, the wetland context ensuring that the timber structures have remained intact and that the detritus of daily occupation survives for us to pick apart and understand. One of the structures in this settlement is an exceptionally well-preserved roundhouse, the material remains of which have been subjected to a barrage of analyses encompassing the insect, macroplant, bone and wood assemblages, soil micromorphology, faecal steroids, radiocarbon-dating and dendrochronology. These will enable us to address some of the key issues regarding the life cycles of Iron Age roundhouses, from conception and construction, use of internal space, nature of occupation and likely function, through to abandonment. Critically, we are now able to view that life cycle through the lens of a tightly-defined chronology bringing us close to the ‘ … short-term timescales of lived reality’ [Foxhall, L. 2000. “The Running Sands of Time: Archaeology and the Short-Term.” World Archaeology 31 (3): 484–498].

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讨厌，野蛮和矮小？苏格兰西南部默顿黑湖铁器时代回旋处的生命周期

摘要默顿，邓弗里斯州和加洛韦黑湖地区的发掘工作揭示了铁器时代聚居地保存完好的遗迹，湿地环境确保了木材结构保持完好无损，日常占领的残骸得以幸存，供我们挑选和利用。理解。该住区的结构之一是保存完好的圆屋，其剩余材料经过了一系列分析，包括昆虫，大植物，骨骼和木材组合，土壤微观形态，粪便类固醇，放射性碳年代测定和树木年代学。这些将使我们能够解决有关铁器时代回旋室生命周期的一些关键问题，从概念和构造，内部空间的使用，职业性质和可能的功能到遗弃。至关重要的是 现在，我们可以通过严格定义的时间顺序来观察生命周期，从而使我们接近“……现实生活的短期时标” [Foxhall，L. 2000。短期。” 世界考古31（3）：484–498]。