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
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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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505 0 0 |t General Introduction: The Lower and Middle Palaeolithic in Britain and Europe --  |g Explanatory Sect. 1.  |t The Chalk Downlands of southern England --  |g Explanatory Sect. 2.  |t The superficial deposits mapped as Clay-with-flints --  |g Sect. 3.  |t Lower and Middle Palaeolithic artefacts found in relation to deposits mapped as Clay-with-flints --  |g Sect. 4.  |t The Lower and Middle Palaeolithic 'embedded' find-sites in deposits mapped as Clay-with-flints --  |g Sect. 5.  |t The 're-discovery' of a Lower Palaeolithic site at Wood Hill, Kingsdown, near Deal, East Kent. - Introduction to the Case-study --  |g Sub-sect. 6.1.  |t Excavating a Palaeolithic site on deposits mapped as Clay-with-flints: site methodology; excavation techniques; initial recording procedures and sampling strategy --  |g Sub-sect. 6.2.  |t Fabric analysis, (orientation data) analysis and discussion --  |g Sub-sect. 6.3.  |t Particle-size data analysis and discussion --  |g Sub-sect. 6.4.  |t Clay mineral analysis - a key to Palaeolithic sites? --  |g Sub-sect. 6.5.  |t Lithological analysis, particle shapes and surface features --  |g Sub-sect. 6.6.  |t The Resistivity survey --  |g Sub-sect. 6.7.  |t Fossils, nodules and artefacts --  |g Sub-sect. 6.8.  |t Description and analysis of the Lower Palaeolithic artefacts recovered during the Wood Hill, 1993 excavation and the Wood Hill, 1994 resistivity survey --  |g Sub-sect. 6.9.  |t The Wood Hill Biface (WH93.F38) --  |g Sub-sect. 6.10.  |t Burnt flints, dates and discussions --  |g Sub-sect. 6.11.  |t Conclusion to the Case-study, including three models: The evolution of the Wood Hill site; the Lower Palaeolithic occupation of this site; patterns of artefact distribution - a reduction sequence --  |g Sect. 7.  |t General Conclusion: Lower and Middle Palaeolithic artefacts found in relation to deposits mapped as Clay-with-flints on the Chalk Downlands of southern England. 
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