Lower and Middle Palaeolithic artefacts from deposits mapped as clay-with-flints : a new synthesis with significant implications for the earliest occupation of Britain /

Lower and Middle Palaeolithic artefacts from deposits mapped as clay-with-flints : a new synthesis with significant implications for the earliest occupation of Britain /

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Author / Creator:	Scott-Jackson, J. E. (Julie E.)
Imprint:	Oxford : Oxbow Books ; Oakville, CT : D. Brown Book Co. [distributor], 2000.
Description:	viii, 180 pages : illustrations (some color, folded), maps ; 30 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Paleolithic period -- Great Britain. Stone implements -- Great Britain. Paleolithic period. Stone implements. Great Britain.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4344347

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ISBN:	1842170058 9781842170052
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-180).
Summary:	"The Chalk Downlands of southern England, which are capped with deposits mapped as Clay-with-flints, have remained untouched by direct glacial activity since at least the late Cromerian, around 500,000 BP. During the past 100 years or so many Lower and Middle Palaeolithic artefacts have been found on the highest Downland hill-tops and plateaux, yet the British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic archaeological record is based almost exclusively on material recovered from low-level sites such as riverine locations, beaches and caves. Arguably, the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic artefacts found in relation to deposits mapped as Clay-with-flints on the Downlands of southern England represent the most neglected realm of British Palaeolithic research. This book records the first attempt using rigorous modern scientific methods to address the fundamental questions and hypotheses posed by the surviving presence of the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic stone tools on the highest Downland hill-tops and plateaux." "Although this book provides detailed guidance and ideas for the specialist, it is nevertheless written for the general reader who has a grounding in archaeology or earth sciences. It will be of the greatest value to the Palaeolithic field archaeologist as the emphasis is on the application of new detailed methodologies and geologically-founded techniques to solve the archaeological problems associated with these high-level artefacts. However, it also provides important theoretical frameworks for the analytical archaeologist or prehistorian specialising in the Palaeolithic. Many of the recommendations and practices set out here would also be applicable to excavations and investigations in a different geological context or later periods where the need for meticulous detailed recording may still be critical."--BOOK JACKET.

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Summary:	`Clay-with-flints' refers to deposits lying on the hilltops and plateaux of the Chalk Downlands of southern England. This study is based on the archaeology, geology and sedimentology of these deposits and forms a comprehensive review of the Palaeolithic stone tools found embedded within them. Evidence relating to the author's excavations at the Lower Palaeolithic site of Wood Hill in East Kent (1993-1994) provides the foundation for her discussion of these clay-with-flint deposits and the earliest occupation of southern England. Since this work presents much new information, two explanatory sections outline the theoretical analysis of the deposits and the processes of their function as well as the methodology for studying and identifying in-situ Palaeolithic material.
Physical Description:	viii, 180 pages : illustrations (some color, folded), maps ; 30 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-180).
ISBN:	1842170058 9781842170052