The sun is dipping below the horizon as the herdsman trudges homeward from the rough pasture with his sheep, which as usual show little inclination to keep together. Patiently he rounds up yet another stray. It will be good to reach home and get the sheep into the stockade for the night, safe from the wolves which are a constant threat. His way takes him past the clan's sweat lodge and he smiles, recalling the pleasure of relaxing a few nights ago inside the shelter of bent and woven branches with the other men of the settlement. They had fetched water from the stream and poured it onto stones which had been raised to a fierce heat on a wood fire. Steam had filled the lodge and seemed to ease their aching limbs. The herdsman hopes that he can enjoy the experience again soon...

.. Today we can still see the 'burnt mounds' formed by piles of heat shattered stones discarded from these Bronze Age saunas, similar to used by some North American Indians. In the past it was thought they might have been cooking sites but no remains of food or cooking vessels have been found with them. The mounds are sometimes as much as 15m long but they are not obvious when they have become overgrown. Burnt mounds in eroded streams are a little easier to spot.