Forword (by Richard Bradley)AcknowledgementsList of contributorsAbbreviations & archive depositionImage creditsSummary of the volumeFrench language summaryGerman language summary Section1: The History and Archaeology of Petersfield Heath Chapter 1: People of the Heath ProjectBackground to the project, objectives and strategyDefining the regional study areaPrevious archaeological work in the Rother RegionRound barrows, the Chalcolithic and the Bronze AgeModern excavations of barrow cemeteriesPreliminary research for the excavationsGeology and soil profiles of the HeathStructure of the volume Chapter 2: The Archaeology of Petersfield Heath: the State of KnowledgeCartographic history of Petersfield Heath barrow cemeteryPrevious investigations and findsSize, distribution and structure of the cemetery Chapter 3: The Heath in Documented HistoryEarly history (by Robert Banbury)Military and recreational use of the Heath (by David Jeffery) Section2: Petersfield Heath Excavations Chapter 4: In Situ Mesolithic SitesSite 1Site 11Site 13Site 18Site 19Site 21Site 23Site 2452 Heath Road78 Heath RoadDistribution of Mesolithic flintwork across the Heath Chapter 5: Early Bronze Age Enclosure BarrowsBarrow 4, north-eastern subgroupBarrow 12, north-western subgroupBarrow 14, south-western subgroupBarrow 19, south-western subgroupBarrow 24, north-western subgroup Chapter 6: Early Bronze Age Mound BarrowsBarrow 1, north-eastern subgroupBarrow 2, north-eastern subgroupBarrow 3, north-eastern subgroupBarrow 5, north-eastern subgroupBarrow 6, north-eastern subgroupBarrow 7, north-eastern subgroupBarrow 8, north-eastern subgroupBarrow 9, north-eastern subgroupBarrow 10, north-eastern subgroupBarrow 11, north-western subgroupBarrow 13, south-western subgroupBarrow 15, south-western subgroupBarrow 18, south-western subgroupBarrow 20, south-western subgroupBarrow 22, north-western subgroupBarrow 23, north-western subgroup Chapter 7: Modern and Natural SitesSite 16Site 17Site 21 Section3: Burials and Other Significant Deposits Chapter 8: Burials in Graves and CoffinsBarrow 11, central burial zone (by Stuart Needham, George Anelay and Gill Campbell)Barrow 13, central burial and associated features (by Stuart Needham and George Anelay)Barrow 19, earlier central burial [405] (by George Anelay and Stuart Needham)Barrow 19, later central burial [406] (by George Anelay, Stuart Needham and Carol Hartzenberg) Chapter 9: Urn Burials (by Jane King and Stuart Needham)Lifting and preparing the urns for micro-excavationMicro-excavation methodologyUrn 1, Barrow 8Urn 2, Barrow 19 NE quadrantUrn 3, Barrow 19 centreUrn 4, Barrow 14 NW quadrant Chapter 10: Other Significant DepositsArtefact depositsEcofact deposits (charcoal and other wood) Section4: Excavated Finds, Environmental Evidence and Dating Chapter 11: Bone StudiesCremated human bone (by Emily Carroll)Burnt animal bone fragments (by Polydora Baker)Strontium isotopes on cremated human remains (by Rick Schulting, John Pouncett and Christophe Snoeck) Chapter 12: Prehistoric Flintwork and a Review of the Regional MesolithicExcavated flintwork assemblages from Petersfield Heath (by Anthony Haskins)The Mesolithic of the Rother Region (by Anthony Haskins and Robert Banbury) Chapter 13: Artefact StudiesFlintwork from burials: making arrow and fire (by Clément Nicolas)Worked and unworked stone (by Stuart Needham, with stone identifications by David Bone and a contribution from Peter Leeming)Fossils (by Peter Leeming)Prehistoric pottery and other fired-clay objects (by Ann Woodward, Stuart Needham and Claire Copper)Romano-British to modern pottery (by Duncan H. Brown)Bronze Age metalwork (by Stuart Needham and Sarah Paynter)Bronze Age beads (by Alison Sheridan)Mineral-replaced and stratigraphically implied organics (by Stuart Needham)Worked and unworked wood (by Stuart Needham) Chapter 14: Environmental StudiesPast vegetation cover and human environment of Petersfield Heath (by Michael Simmonds, Nicholas Branch, Deborah Cousins and Kevin Williams)Wood and charcoal remains (by Dana Challinor)Geoarchaeological studies (by Matthew Canti and Stuart Needham) Chapter 15: Specialist Dating Evidence and Site Phasing (by Stuart Needham, Peter Marshall and George Anelay)Radiocarbon dating and Bayesian modelling of the Early Bronze Age datesOptically stimulated luminescence dating (by Mark Bateman)Site phasing (by Stuart Needham) Section5: Barrows in the Rother Region Chapter 16: The Regional Barrow SurveyMethodologyPotential confusions: other man-made mounds/enclosures and natural landscape featuresClassification of barrow morphologies in the Rother RegionAspects of detailed barrow morphologyOverall composition of Rother Region barrowsMound dimensionsOverview Chapter 17: Barrows in the Landscape: Density, Topographic Settings, Formations and Alignments (by Stuart Needham and Sabine Stevenson)Regional environmentTopographic setting of barrowsBarrow-group formationsSolstitial alignmentsMound-size distributionsOverview Chapter 18: Patterns of Destruction and Survival in the Barrowscape (by Stuart Needham and Sabine Stevenson)Land-use history and barrow survivalZonal analysisOverview Section6: Synthesis Chapter 19: Bronze Age Funerary Deposits and Structures in the Rother RegionChalcolithic and transitional burials from the wider region (c.24502200/2150BC)Early burials and grave goods from the Rother Region (c.2200/21501950BC)Later burials and grave goods from the Rother Region (c.19501550BC)Poorly dated Early Bronze Age burialsMiddle Bronze Age burials (c.16001150BC)Barrow structuresOverview Chapter 20: Neolithic and Bronze Age Occupation of the Rother Region (by Stuart Needham and Sabine Stevenson)Vegetation backgroundNeolithic activityField systems, house sites and settlementsFlintwork assemblagesDiagnostic early metal age flintworkBronze Age metalworkOverview Chapter 21: Identifying Early Bronze Age CommunitiesPrinciples of analysisBarrow-based differentiationsCommunitiesAncestral guardianship of the landOverview Chapter 22: Petersfield Heath, Enclosure Barrows and Cultural DifferentiationEarly occupants of Petersfield Heath and its environsEnter the barrow buildersAfter the barrowsCommunities, livelihoods and populationThe barrow gradient and cultural backgroundsPetersfield Heath: setting, cosmology and position in the regional structurePostscript: Barrow 31 References.