A Tale of Two Collectors: The Lithic Collections of Geoffrey Taylor and David Heys (with particular reference to the county of Yorkshire)
By (author) Keith Boughey Contributions by Alison Sheridan Contributions by Fraser Hunter
Paperback (Published)
(November 2023)
ISBN: 9781803276427
6.85 x 9.65 inches
Price: $40.00
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Geoffrey Taylor and David Heys, over a 25 year period, amassed a huge amount of prehistoric material in flint, jet, stone, glass and metal, gathered mostly off the North York Moors. The present book aims to introduce the collections to the archaeological world and to give the reader a clear impression of their contents.
Geoffrey Taylor and David Heys together and separately over a 25 year period amassed a huge amount of prehistoric material (almost 20,000 worked pieces and some 250,000 pieces of waste) in flint, jet, stone, glass and metal, gathered mostly off the North York Moors. The present book aims to introduce the collections to the archaeological world and to give the reader a clear impression of their contents. The book begins with brief biographies of the two collectors and outlines the areas in which they collected, principally the North York Moors, and their method of working, before attempting to set their work into its wider prehistoric context. It then explains how the over 18,000 worked pieces in the combined collections are each individually identified, and presents illustrations of selected groups of pieces, such as arrowheads, knives, axeheads, and so on. This is followed up with a more detailed look at some of the more notable classes of artefacts, such as discoidal knives, Iron Age glass bangles, and jet pieces, including a superb undamaged Early Bronze Age jet wristguard (bracer), of which only one other example is known in Britain. To correct the impression that Taylor and Heys only ever collected casual finds off the surface of the moors and farmland, details of several excavations, most never before published, are given. These included pioneering work on the Early Mesolithic of the North York Moors, and the discovery of an Early Bronze Age grave with cremated human remains complete with a Collared Urn and a perforated battle-axehead. At long last, the hitherto unheralded work of these two remarkable individuals is given the credit it undoubtedly deserves.
Preface
Chapter 1: The Geoffrey Taylor and David Heys Collections
Introduction
Geoffrey Taylor
David Heys
Archive Access
Collecting Areas
South and West North York Moors – Prehistoric Setting
Locations of sites
Identification of sites
Maps
Recording and Illustration
Chapter 2: Databases and Identification
Databases
Identification of individual lithics
Analysis of the Taylor and Heys Collections
Chapter 3: Featured Artefacts and Artefact Groups
Discoidal knives (Keith Boughey and Alison Sheridan)
Arran pitchstone
Haematite
Bronze axehead/axehead ingot
Coins
Glass
Jet/Jet-like artefacts
Chapter 4: Excavations
South and West Region (Early Bronze Age Excavations 1–3)
Excavation 1 (Low Paradise Wood, Boltby)
Excavation 2 (Dialstone Farm)
Excavation 3 (Murton Common)
Central Region (Mesolithic Excavations)
‘Pointed Stone’ and Money Howe
Nidderdale
South Haw, Masham Moor and Round Hill, Blubberhouses Moor
Summary
Appendices
Appendix 1: Databases
Appendix 2: Database of jet and jet-like items
Appendix 3: Locations of Sites
Appendix 4: Figures & Photographs
Appendix 5: Taylor Diaries 1–4 (1983–1997)
Appendix 6: Battle-axeheads from Yorkshire
Appendix 7: Lincolnshire
Bibliography
- By (author) Keith Boughey
- Contributions by Alison Sheridan
- Contributions by Fraser Hunter
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