Heritage Management and Submerged Prehistory in the United Kingdom

Bicket, Andrew; Firth, Antony; Tizzard, Louise; Benjamín, Jonathan

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-9635-9_12

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“…The use of geophysical and geotechnical techniques, integrated with palaeoenvironmental analyses, has provided the means to reconstruct and understand these palaeolandscapes (Ward and Larcombe, 2008;Wessex Archaeology, 2008, 2011Bicket, 2011;Bicket et al, 2014). Considering the number of important sites throughout Europe to have been located and studied by archaeologists, it has become obvious that the modern coastlines, which were not the boundaries in prehistory, should not be treated as such today.…”

Section: Submerged Prehistory In Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Middle Palaeolithic site in the southern North Sea: investigating the archaeology and palaeogeography of Area 240

Tizzard¹,

Bicket²,

Benjamín

et al. 2014

J Quaternary Science

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The potential for Middle Palaeolithic sites to survive beneath the sea in northern latitudes has been established by intensive investigation within Area 240, a marine aggregate licence area situated in the North Sea, 11 km off the coast of Norfolk, England. The fortuitous discovery of bifacial handaxes, and Levallois flakes and cores, led to a major programme of fieldwork and analysis between 2008 and 2013. The artefacts were primarily recovered from Marine Isotope Stage 8/7 floodplain sediments deposited between 250 and 200 ka. It is considered that the hand axes and Levallois products are contemporaneous in geological terms with taphonomically complex sedimentary contexts, as observed in several north‐west European sites. The Early Middle Palaeolithic (EMP) lithics have survived multiple phases of glaciation and marine transgression. The investigations confirm that the artefacts are not a ‘chance’ find, but indicate clear relationships to submerged and buried landscapes that, although complex, can be examined in detail using a variety of existing fieldwork and analytical methods. The palaeogeographical context of the finds also offers expanded interpretations of the distribution of EMP hominins in the southern North Sea, not predictable from onshore archaeological records.

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Section: Submerged Prehistory In Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Middle Palaeolithic site in the southern North Sea: investigating the archaeology and palaeogeography of Area 240

Tizzard¹,

Bicket²,

Benjamín

et al. 2014

J Quaternary Science

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“…Continental shelf prehistoric research (see Flemming et al ., ) is a developing and inter‐disciplinary field. It provides a means for enhanced cultural heritage management that is a key component of marine planning and development‐led mitigation strategies in support of marine licensing across Europe and particularly the UK (Bicket et al ., ).…”

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“…In recent decades, research across the North Sea Basin and English Channel has shown that Pleistocene and Holocene palaeolandscapes are preserved offshore, which include in situ artefacts and palaeoenvironmental and palaeontological material (Momber et al , ; Bicket et al , ; Tizzard et al , ; Bicket and Tizzard, ).…”

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Exploring Holocene palaeogeography in the ‘white ribbon’: a Mesolithic case study from the Northumberland coast

Bicket¹,

Mellett

Tizzard³

et al. 2016

J Quaternary Science

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Mesolithic settlement sites preserved on the north‐east coast of England and in south‐east Scotland drive questions about the relationship between early human settlement and the Holocene palaeogeography of ‘Doggerland’. Palaeogeographical reconstructions before 8000 years ago have been restricted by a lack of sea‐level index points and particularly by sparse nearshore geophysical and geological datasets required for such reconstructions. This paper presents new high‐resolution geophysical survey data from Northumberland's nearshore ‘white ribbon’ which provide a foundation for more accurate palaeogeographical reconstructions within which early prehistoric settlement sites can be more readily understood. High‐resolution bathymetry data collected in the nearshore adjacent to the Mesolithic house site at Howick are integrated with coastal LiDAR, seismic, geological and archaeological datasets to underpin palaeogeographical reconstructions. The reconstructions illustrate changing coastal landscapes during Early Holocene sea‐level rise. The data and interpretations provide a ‘source‐to‐sea’ context for understanding the archaeology at important sites such as Howick and Low Hauxley. Furthermore, they provide a basis for enhancing management of at‐risk coastal prehistoric archaeology and a framework to prospect for and protect further vulnerable nearshore archaeological heritage.

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“…Additional samples of bulk sediment were removed from the seabed using a combination of a remotely operated underwater camera for site selection, a beam trawl and a clamshell grab. This resulted in the recovery of additional flint artefacts and faunal remains and established the stratigraphic relationship between the archaeological finds and the dated sediment sequence (Tizzard et al 2011Bicket et al 2014; see also Pater, Chap. 26, this volume).…”

Section: Area 240: Palaeolithic Artefacts In Their Palaeoenvironmentamentioning

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Great Britain: The Intertidal and Underwater Archaeology of Britain’s Submerged Landscapes

Bailey

Momber

Bell

et al. 2020

Coastal Research Library

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The submerged landscapes around Great Britain are extensive and would have offered productive territory for hunting, gathering, exploitation of aquatic and marine resources, and-in the final stages of postglacial sealevel rise-opportunities for agriculture. They would also have provided land connections to continental Europe and opportunities for communication by sea travel along now-submerged palaeocoastlines and river estuaries. Most of the archaeological material has been discovered in intertidal or shallow water conditions, but there are also discoveries in deeper water, with dates ranging from earliest human presence nearly one million years ago up to the establishment of modern sea level. Some later material is present where coastlines have continued to sink in more recent millennia. Intertidal sites are especially well represented

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Heritage Management and Submerged Prehistory in the United Kingdom

Cited by 13 publications

References 14 publications

A Middle Palaeolithic site in the southern North Sea: investigating the archaeology and palaeogeography of Area 240

A Middle Palaeolithic site in the southern North Sea: investigating the archaeology and palaeogeography of Area 240

Exploring Holocene palaeogeography in the ‘white ribbon’: a Mesolithic case study from the Northumberland coast

Great Britain: The Intertidal and Underwater Archaeology of Britain’s Submerged Landscapes

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