Table 347 shows the south west area reversing the overall pattern for 3500-2500bc, with fewer monument incidences of domestic refuse (30%) and more disposal associations (43%). The overall pattern is, however, replicated in 2500-14/1300bc by a steep drop in both (7% and 3%). A difference is then evident in 14/1300-8/700bc which is much higher than the overall average at 14% incidence for monument refuse and 11% for disposal site refuse.
The south west area reflects the general rise in incidence of both types over 8/700bc-AD43 (back up to 20-30% levels), but is notable for its much higher incidences in 100bc-AD43 compared with the other two areas and the overall picture. A caveat about the low numerical base for all of these percentages except those for 2500-14/1300bc (Table 346) should be made here.
The pattern for the south area follows nearly exactly the overall pattern. Domestic refuse has high incidence in 3500-2500bc, with monuments at 45% and disposal associations at 31% site incidence. The steep fall over 2500-8/700bc is at the average in 2500-14/1300bc, but is below it at 5% (average 8%) and 3% (6%) in 14/1300-8/700bc.
The recovery to high levels in 8/700-100bc is therefore more marked for this area, the rise being to 32% incidence in both cases. In 100bc-AD43 there is a decline at the overall average for the period, but sharper than in the south west and (as will be seen) not as steep as in the south east area. The numerical bases are small in three out of the five periods (Table 349).
The south east area appears in Table 353 to follow broadly the pattern of the south west area over four of the five periods, in the sense that it is highest at the same points (3500-2500bc and 8/700-100bc), and does not decline in 14/1300-8/700bc to the low levels of incidence in the south area. On the other hand, of all three areas it provides the fewest incidences of either type of domestic refuse disposal at 12% in 100bc-AD43.
The period 3500-2500bc shows the south east area leading in monument deposit incidence of domestic refuse, half the sites having evidence. Associations of refuse with the disposals themselves occur on one-third of sites. The period 8/700-100bc also shows the south east area with highest incidences in both types at 36% and 38% of sites. The numerical base is small for every period except 2500- 14/1300bc (Table 352).
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