2016
DOI: 10.1017/ppr.2016.1
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Rethinking Human Responses to Sea-level Rise: The Mesolithic Occupation of the Channel Islands

Abstract: This work provides new insights into human responses to and perceptions of sea-level rise at a time when the landscapes of northwest Europe radically changing. These issues are investigated through a case study focused on the Channel Islands. We report on the excavation of two sites, Canal du Squez in Jersey and Lihou (GU582) in Guernsey, and the study of museum collections across the Channel Islands. We argue that people were drawn to this area as a result of the dynamic environmental processes occurring and … Show more

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“…; Sebire and Renouf , 370–81; Conneller et al . ). However, thus far the ability of researchers to quantify the timing, nature and rate of inundation has been complicated by a lack of specific sea‐level data pertinent to the Channel Islands.…”
Section: The Channel Islands Transitionmentioning
confidence: 97%
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“…; Sebire and Renouf , 370–81; Conneller et al . ). However, thus far the ability of researchers to quantify the timing, nature and rate of inundation has been complicated by a lack of specific sea‐level data pertinent to the Channel Islands.…”
Section: The Channel Islands Transitionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…The significant decrease in site numbers in the Channel Islands for the Late Mesolithic appears puzzling, especially given the fact that the opposite appears to be the case on the French‐owned islands off Brittany during this period (Marchand ; Conneller et al . ). We can probably assume that activity in the Channel Islands also decreased, but it is very difficult to know why this should have been the case.…”
Section: Later Mesolithic and Earlier Neolithic Evidence From The Chamentioning
confidence: 97%
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“…Ghesquière also reports sites with Horsham group affinity in the Manche Est zone of Normandy and Picardy, and suggests direct maritime contacts with England in the Middle Mesolithic. The Middle Mesolithic appears to have been a time when maritime activity is manifest with many of the British islands colonised at this time (Conneller et al 2016b). It is suggested that such Middle Mesolithic sites in northern France are outliers of essentially insular developments in the British peninsula.…”
Section: Cultural Connections Inside and Outside Of Europementioning
confidence: 99%