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• List of Illustrations Abbreviations Contributors Summary Acknowledgements 1. INTRODUCTION The Isle of Man Ronaldsway Airport The RESA Project Site Chronology Structure of the Volume Archive 2. MAN’S FIRST SETTLERS: THE MESOLITHIC BACKGROUND AND THE CASS NY HAWIN II HOUSE The Mesolithic Period on Man Cass ny Hawin II 3. THE WORKED STONE AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMAINS FROM CASS NY HAWIN II Environmental Evidence Coarse-stone Tools Flaked Lithics Significance of the Assemblages 4. MESOLITHIC LITHIC SCATTERS AND PITS Lithic Scatters The Cass ny Hawin III Pits The Importance of the Lithic Assemblages The Development of Man’s Lithic Industries 5. NEOLITHIC AND EARLY BRONZE AGE STRUCTURES AND ACTIVITY Characterising Man’s Neolithic Period and Early Bronze Age Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Activity at Taxiway Alpha East 6. LATER BRONZE AGE SETTLEMENT ON THE TAXIWAY The Character of the Later Bronze Age The Later Bronze Age Settlement at Taxiway Alpha East 7. LATER BRONZE AGE FINDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMAINS Finds Environmental Evidence 8. LIFE AND DEATH IN THE IRON AGE The Iron Age of the Irish Sea Basin The Iron Age of Man Iron Age Activity at Ronaldsway Airport 9. THE HISTORIC LANDSCAPE The Medieval and Post-medieval Background Medieval and Post-medieval Archaeology at Ronaldsway Airport 10. PIONEERS AND SETTLERS Mesolithic Pioneers Neolithic and Earlier Bronze Age Farmers 11. VILLAGERS AND WARRIORS Dividing and Enclosing the Later Bronze Age Landscape A Later Bronze Age ‘Village’ Iron Age Warriors Historic-period Burial, Settlement, and Farming Conclusions: Backwards and Forwards APPENDIX 1: PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE BRONZE AGE POTTERY Methodology Results and Discussion BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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• List of Illustrations Abbreviations Contributors Summary Acknowledgements 1. INTRODUCTION The Isle of Man Ronaldsway Airport The RESA Project Site Chronology Structure of the Volume Archive 2. MAN’S FIRST SETTLERS: THE MESOLITHIC BACKGROUND AND THE CASS NY HAWIN II HOUSE The Mesolithic Period on Man Cass ny Hawin II 3. THE WORKED STONE AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMAINS FROM CASS NY HAWIN II Environmental Evidence Coarse-stone Tools Flaked Lithics Significance of the Assemblages 4. MESOLITHIC LITHIC SCATTERS AND PITS Lithic Scatters The Cass ny Hawin III Pits The Importance of the Lithic Assemblages The Development of Man’s Lithic Industries 5. NEOLITHIC AND EARLY BRONZE AGE STRUCTURES AND ACTIVITY Characterising Man’s Neolithic Period and Early Bronze Age Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Activity at Taxiway Alpha East 6. LATER BRONZE AGE SETTLEMENT ON THE TAXIWAY The Character of the Later Bronze Age The Later Bronze Age Settlement at Taxiway Alpha East 7. LATER BRONZE AGE FINDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMAINS Finds Environmental Evidence 8. LIFE AND DEATH IN THE IRON AGE The Iron Age of the Irish Sea Basin The Iron Age of Man Iron Age Activity at Ronaldsway Airport 9. THE HISTORIC LANDSCAPE The Medieval and Post-medieval Background Medieval and Post-medieval Archaeology at Ronaldsway Airport 10. PIONEERS AND SETTLERS Mesolithic Pioneers Neolithic and Earlier Bronze Age Farmers 11. VILLAGERS AND WARRIORS Dividing and Enclosing the Later Bronze Age Landscape A Later Bronze Age ‘Village’ Iron Age Warriors Historic-period Burial, Settlement, and Farming Conclusions: Backwards and Forwards APPENDIX 1: PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE BRONZE AGE POTTERY Methodology Results and Discussion BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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• List of Illustrations Abbreviations Contributors Summary Acknowledgements 1. INTRODUCTION The Isle of Man Ronaldsway Airport The RESA Project Site Chronology Structure of the Volume Archive 2. MAN’S FIRST SETTLERS: THE MESOLITHIC BACKGROUND AND THE CASS NY HAWIN II HOUSE The Mesolithic Period on Man Cass ny Hawin II 3. THE WORKED STONE AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMAINS FROM CASS NY HAWIN II Environmental Evidence Coarse-stone Tools Flaked Lithics Significance of the Assemblages 4. MESOLITHIC LITHIC SCATTERS AND PITS Lithic Scatters The Cass ny Hawin III Pits The Importance of the Lithic Assemblages The Development of Man’s Lithic Industries 5. NEOLITHIC AND EARLY BRONZE AGE STRUCTURES AND ACTIVITY Characterising Man’s Neolithic Period and Early Bronze Age Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Activity at Taxiway Alpha East 6. LATER BRONZE AGE SETTLEMENT ON THE TAXIWAY The Character of the Later Bronze Age The Later Bronze Age Settlement at Taxiway Alpha East 7. LATER BRONZE AGE FINDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMAINS Finds Environmental Evidence 8. LIFE AND DEATH IN THE IRON AGE The Iron Age of the Irish Sea Basin The Iron Age of Man Iron Age Activity at Ronaldsway Airport 9. THE HISTORIC LANDSCAPE The Medieval and Post-medieval Background Medieval and Post-medieval Archaeology at Ronaldsway Airport 10. PIONEERS AND SETTLERS Mesolithic Pioneers Neolithic and Earlier Bronze Age Farmers 11. VILLAGERS AND WARRIORS Dividing and Enclosing the Later Bronze Age Landscape A Later Bronze Age ‘Village’ Iron Age Warriors Historic-period Burial, Settlement, and Farming Conclusions: Backwards and Forwards APPENDIX 1: PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE BRONZE AGE POTTERY Methodology Results and Discussion BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX