Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (781 page)

Area of land used for keeping and managing large communities of rabbits or hares for exploitation as a source of food and/or fur. Warrens usually include one or more
PILLOW MOUNDS
in which the animals were kept under controlled conditions. Vermin traps and a warrener's house are also common. Warrens were important economic resources in medieval times in northern Europe.

 
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A grave containing the inhumed or cremated remains of an individual accompanied by an array of weapons and sometimes body armour such as a helmet, shield, or protective tunic. Warrior graves are common in the European Bronze Age, Iron Age, and later first millennium
ad
.

 
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Settlement of the late Bronze Age
URNFIELD
period situated on a low island in moorland surrounding the Federsee. Excavations by Hans Reinerth between 1921 and 1937 revealed two main phases of occupation. Both were enclosed by a pair of timber palisades defining a roughly oval area some 150m by 120m. Pine logs had been used to make the palisade, more than 15000 posts being present in the outer perimeter alone. The earliest occupation comprised 37 single-roomed rectangular structures each 4m by 5m, together with one rather larger two-roomed building. The second phase was rather different and comprised nine multi-roomed buildings, each set out with three wings around a central courtyard, together with an assortment of outbuildings. The pottery assemblage places the site within the early first millennium
bc
,
HALLSTATT
A2, B1, and B3.
[Sum.: W. Kimmig , 1992,
Die ‘Wasserburg Buchau’—eine späbronzezeitliche Siedlung: forschungsgeschichte—Kleinfunde
. Stuttgart: Theiss]

 
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A medieval term describing poor uncultivated land, often used for common grazing and as a source of fuel and building material. Waste belonged to the lord of the manor.

 
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Flint, chert, obsidian, or stone flake created as a byproduct of shaping a core or working a core tool and discarded without further modification.

 
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A complete or broken ceramic vessel spoilt or flawed in manufacture (e.g. cracked, blistered, sintered, distorted, discoloured).
Waster heaps
comprising accumulated masses of discarded wasters can often be found near pottery production centres. Wasters were sometimes crushed for recycling as
GROG
in coarse pottery or brick.

 
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