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Coastal Archaeology in a Dynamic Environment: A Solent case study

Coastal Archaeology in a Dynamic Environment: A Solent case study

Paperback

Series: BAR British, Book 568

ArchaeologyBritish History

ISBN10: 1407310429
ISBN13: 9781407310428
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports
Published: Nov 20 2012
Pages: 542
Weight: 3.98
Height: 1.54 Width: 8.27 Depth: 11.69
Language: English

Isle of Wight County Archaeological Unit carried out an intertidal survey over 6km of downwarped coastline on the southern shore of the eastern Solent. The focal point was Wootton Creek, a drowned river valley which has provided a haven for human activity since at least Mesolithic times. The intertidal study revealed some 180 sites and structures amongst which the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Roman, Saxon and medieval periods were particularly well represented. Outstanding features were the wooden trackways, post alignments and fish-traps of Neolithic and later date. Trees entombed in Neolithic peat produced one of the most rewarding dendrochronologies currently obtained in southern England whilst the incidence of flint picks and lithic scatterswas also notable.

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