The use of percussion drilling to obtain core samples from rock-shelter deposits

Bailey, Geoff; Thomas, Gwyn

doi:10.1017/s0003598x00072987

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“…A smaller assemblage of similar type is present at the nearby site of Megalakkos. Both sites show evidence of use between 17,000 and 10,000 years BP (Bailey et al, 1986b;Bailey & Thomas, 1987) but absence or rarity of occupation before and after this interval.…”

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The “older fill” of the voidomatis valley, North-west Greece and its relationship to the Palaeolithic archaeology and glacial history of the region

Bailey

Lewin

Macklin

et al. 1990

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Late-Quaternary alluvial deposits in Mediterranean valleys have been divided into "Older" and "Younger" Fills. The Older Fills are generally coarse, are commonly calcreted and may be associated with isolated Palaeolithic artefacts of uncertain provenance. In broad terms the Older Fills were clearly deposited during colti stages of the Pleistocene. However, it has rarely proved possible to establish a more precise dating and correlation with specific Pleistocene stages, or a more precise identification of depositional environments and their relationship with, and impact on, human activity and land-use. The Voidomatis River of north-west Greece contains four main alluvial terraces which can he distinguished by lithological and mineralogical techniques. One of these, the Aristi unit, can he directly linked with glacial deposits in the headwaters. Comparison of dates for the Aristi unit with dated evidence of late Upper Palaeolithic sites in the lower reaches of the river gives a basis for assessing the impact of alluvial history on the Palaeolithic occupation of the area.

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The “older fill” of the voidomatis valley, North-west Greece and its relationship to the Palaeolithic archaeology and glacial history of the region

Bailey

Lewin

Macklin

et al. 1990

Journal of Archaeological Science

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“…Los programas de muestreo espacial que utilizan pruebas con barreno son particularmente aptos para examinar los depósitos estratificados y profundos de sitios arqueológicos que carecen de obstáculos enterrados (Bailey y Thomas 1987; Borstein 2001; Dunnell y Campbell 1977; Howell 1993; Kruger 2000; Price et al 1964; Scarborough 1991; Stein 1983, 1986; Wendt 1998, 2003; Wiant et al 1983). Las pruebas arrojan una gran cantidad de información a bajo costo sin causar afectaciones negativas.…”

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Densidad Poblacional en La Capital Olmeca De San Lorenzo, Veracruz

Baizabal¹,

Cyphers

2017

Ancient Mesoam

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RESUMENEn los últimos años los análisis de densidad poblacional y distribución espacial conforman temas medulares sobre el desarrollo de las sociedades. Una manera de abordar estos temas en la capital olmeca de San Lorenzo, Veracruz, gira en torno al análisis y la interpretación de las pruebas de barreno realizadas de manera sistemática e intensiva. El presente estudio permitió reconstruir el número y tamaño de las estructuras arquitectónicas ubicadas en los diversos sectores del sitio y, a partir de éstos, estimar el número total de pobladores en el asentamiento con el fin de llegar a inferir tendencias en el desarrollo de la primera capital olmeca.

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“…Applications of coring and augering methods in archaeology (Barham and Bates, 1994a) include tracing the lateral extent of near-surface sites as part of cultural resource evaluations (Stein, 1991), investigation of deposit depth and composition prior to excavation on middens, mounds and tells (Reed et al, 1968;, the coring of rockshelter deposits (Bailey and Thomas, 1987), assisting in reconstructing off-site palaeoenvironments (Barham, 1999) and understanding the development of urban areas (Densem and Doidge, 1979;Ammerman, 2000). Coring has also been deployed to assist in mapping archaeologically significant facies environments beneath urban areas, e.g.…”

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Mixed method approaches to the investigation and mapping of buried Quaternary deposits: examples from southern England

Bates

Whittaker

2007

Archaeological Prospection

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The lower reaches of major river valleys usually present archaeologists with considerable problems where thick sequences of stratified alluvium buryarchaeology.These situationsare typicalofthelower reaches of major river systems that are currently under intense pressure from urban development where the archaeological resource is consequently at risk. Here we demonstrate how mixed method approaches, utilizing a range of borehole methods, cone penetration testing and surface and subsurface geophysics coupled with microfossil assessment (Foraminifera/Ostracoda), can be used to model these deposits and predict locations and depths at which important archaeological remains may belocated.The noveltyofthis approachisnot in the application ofindividual techniquesto the problem but in the combined methodology, which enables a structured and cost effective programme of works to be formulated and provides the best chance to understand the subsurface. Although this approach has been developed to facilitate the location of archaeological sites buried at depth within the route corridor of development projects it is also suitable for locating fossil-bearing sequences and mapping stratigraphical units in Quaternary science. We demonstrate the approach using two examples from southern England.

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The use of percussion drilling to obtain core samples from rock-shelter deposits

Cited by 9 publications

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The “older fill” of the voidomatis valley, North-west Greece and its relationship to the Palaeolithic archaeology and glacial history of the region

The “older fill” of the voidomatis valley, North-west Greece and its relationship to the Palaeolithic archaeology and glacial history of the region

Densidad Poblacional en La Capital Olmeca De San Lorenzo, Veracruz

Mixed method approaches to the investigation and mapping of buried Quaternary deposits: examples from southern England

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