Harding et al./Enclosing the Past, 7. Enclosing and Excluding in Bronze Age Europe

This paper seeks to shed light on the processes at work during the Bronze Age when the practice of enclosing became widespread. A special case of Bronze Age enclosure -- the Bohemian site of Velim -- is explored and a model for the development of enclosure in this period is proposed in which special practices, including the digging of ditches and ramparts and the deposition of bone were a way of reinforcing social distinctions.