Lower and Middle Palaeolithic artefacts from deposits mapped as clay-with-flints : a new synthesis with significant implications for the earliest occupation of Britain / J.E. Scott-Jackson
Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2000. 1st edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Item #424935
ISBN: 1842170058
Physical description; viii, 180 p. : ill. (some col., folded), maps ; 30 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. [176]-180). Contents; General Introduction: The Lower and Middle Palaeolithic in Britain and Europe -- Explanatory Sect. 1. The Chalk Downlands of southern England -- Explanatory Sect. 2. The superficial deposits mapped as Clay-with-flints -- Sect. 3. Lower and Middle Palaeolithic artefacts found in relation to deposits mapped as Clay-with-flints -- Sect. 4. The Lower and Middle Palaeolithic 'embedded' find-sites in deposits mapped as Clay-with-flints -- Sect. 5. The 're-discovery' of a Lower Palaeolithic site at Wood Hill, Kingsdown, near Deal, East Kent. -- Introduction to the Case-study. Sub-sect. 6.1. Excavating a Palaeolithic site on deposits mapped as Clay-with-flints: site methodology; excavation techniques; initial recording procedures and sampling strategy. Sub-sect. 6.2. Fabric analysis, (orientation data) analysis and discussion. Sub-sect. 6.3. Particle-size data analysis and discussion. Sub-sect. 6.4. Clay mineral analysis -- a key to Palaeolithic sites? Sub-sect. 6.5. Lithological analysis, particle shapes and surface features. Sub-sect. 6.6. The Resistivity survey. Sub-sect. 6.7. Fossils, nodules and artefacts. Sub-sect. 6.8. Description and analysis of the Lower Palaeolithic artefacts recovered during the Wood Hill, 1993 excavation and the Wood Hill, 1994 resistivity survey. Sub-sect. 6.9. The Wood Hill Biface (WH93.F38). Sub-sect. 6.10. Burnt flints, dates and discussions. Sub-sect. 6.11. 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 -- Sect. 7. General Conclusion: Lower and Middle Palaeolithic artefacts found in relation to deposits mapped as Clay-with-flints on the Chalk Downlands of southern England.
Price: €60.00