The biostratigraphy and dating of the tufa deposit at the mesolithic site at Blashenwell, Dorset, England
Identifieur interne : 000087 ( Istex/Curation ); précédent : 000086; suivant : 000088The biostratigraphy and dating of the tufa deposit at the mesolithic site at Blashenwell, Dorset, England
Auteurs : R. C. PreeceSource :
- Journal of Archaeological Science [ 0305-4403 ] ; 1980.
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- Aegopinella nitidula, Alder, Archaeological science, Archaeological society, Atlantic period, Balea perversa, Basal samples, Blashenwell, Blashenwell deposit, Blashenwell farm, Blashenwell tufa, Boggy pools, Britain today, British museum, Cepaea, Cepaea nemoralis, Cochlicopa htbrica, Corfe, Corfe castle, Correction factors, Discus, Discus rotundatus, Discus rttderatus, Dorset, Dorset county museum, Draparnaud, Early bronze, Early phase, Ecological phases, Elegans, Fossil, Further note, Geological sciences, Gibbula tumida, Granular tufa, Grey horizons, Hard tufa, Human disturbance, Kerney, Land mollusca, Leiostyla anglica, Lymnaea truncatula, Mansel, Marine shells, Marly tufa, Marshy delta, Mesolithic, Microlithic industry, Miiller, Modern shells, Mollusca, Molluscan, Molluscan sequence, Nodular lithology, Nodular tufa, Other sites, Oxychihts cellarius, Partial opening, Philosophical transactions, Pomatias elegans, Preece, Prehistoric society, Present excavation, Present section, Present study, Previous workers, Purbeck, Purbeck society, Radiocarbon, Radiocarbon Dating, Radiocarbon dates, Recent records, Reid, Royal society, Sauveterrian affinities, Southern britain, Southern england, Supplementary note, Tufa, Tufa deposit, Tufa deposition, Tufa deposits, Tufa formation, Tufa nodules, Tufaceous deposit, Upper levels, Vallonia, Vallonia costata, Vallonia pulchella, Vertigo, Vertigo antivertigo, Vertigo pygmaea, Vitrea crystallina, Weald clay, Western part, Zonation scheme, Zonitoides nitidus.
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- Aegopinella nitidula, Alder, Archaeological science, Archaeological society, Atlantic period, Balea perversa, Basal samples, Blashenwell, Blashenwell deposit, Blashenwell farm, Blashenwell tufa, Boggy pools, Britain today, British museum, Cepaea, Cepaea nemoralis, Cochlicopa htbrica, Corfe, Corfe castle, Correction factors, Discus, Discus rotundatus, Discus rttderatus, Dorset, Dorset county museum, Draparnaud, Early bronze, Early phase, Ecological phases, Elegans, Fossil, Further note, Geological sciences, Gibbula tumida, Granular tufa, Grey horizons, Hard tufa, Human disturbance, Kerney, Land mollusca, Leiostyla anglica, Lymnaea truncatula, Mansel, Marine shells, Marly tufa, Marshy delta, Microlithic industry, Miiller, Modern shells, Mollusca, Molluscan, Molluscan sequence, Nodular lithology, Nodular tufa, Other sites, Oxychihts cellarius, Partial opening, Philosophical transactions, Pomatias elegans, Preece, Prehistoric society, Present excavation, Present section, Present study, Previous workers, Purbeck, Purbeck society, Radiocarbon, Radiocarbon dates, Recent records, Reid, Royal society, Sauveterrian affinities, Southern britain, Southern england, Supplementary note, Tufa, Tufa deposit, Tufa deposition, Tufa deposits, Tufa formation, Tufa nodules, Tufaceous deposit, Upper levels, Vallonia, Vallonia costata, Vallonia pulchella, Vertigo, Vertigo antivertigo, Vertigo pygmaea, Vitrea crystallina, Weald clay, Western part, Zonation scheme, Zonitoides nitidus.
Abstract
The deposit of tufa at Blashenwell Farm near Corfe, Dorset, is the largest known from southern England and was the site of a mesolithic settlement. The large pit containing midden material, that was visited by all previous workers, has now been filled. The present excavation was made at the eastern extremity of this pit, about 100 m to the east of the midden. close serial sampling and quantitative analyses of the non-marine Mollusca revealed the following environmental sequence: (1) an early marshy-ground phase; (2) the development of a shaded environment; (3) a partial opening up of the vegetation cover which is tentatively ascribed to human disturbance. Two radiocarbon dates of 5750±140 bp and 5425±150 bp were obtained from bones (ex Dorset County Museum). Mollusca from the tufa filling cavities in these bones established that they came from the upper levels of the tufa. The molluscan sequence is compared with others from southern Britain and it is suggested that the tufa deposition at the present site began shortly before 9000 bp and continued until sometime after about 5000 bp. An “Early Bronze Age” grave cut into the tufa implies that deposition had ceased by this time.
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DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4403(80)80040-9
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