Seabed Prehistory: Investigating the Palaeogeography and Early Middle Palaeolithic Archaeology in the Southern North Sea.

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Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Plates; List of Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; A note on dates, water depths and co-ordinate system conventions; Abstract; Foreign Language Summaries; Chapter 1: Introduction; A fortuitous discovery; Project background; Study Area; Marine aggregate dredging and archaeology: managing the historic environment; The Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund; Contribution to the wider field of submerged prehistory; Structure of this volume; Chapter 2: The Original Flint and Faunal Assemblage; The flint assemblage.

Characterisation of the flake and core assemblageCharacterisation of the hand axe assemblage; Raw material procurement; Post-depositional artefact modifications; The Area 240 faunal remains: a summary; Discussion; Chapter 3: Palaeogeographic Reconstruction Methods; Introduction; Area 240 investigations; Stage 1: existing data review; Stage 2: geophysical data acquisition; Positioning; Single-beam echosounder data; Sub-bottom profiler data; Sidescan sonar data; Magnetometer data; Methodology discussion; Comparison and integration of 2005 and 2009 datasets; Stage 3: seabed sampling.

Stage 4: palaeoenvironmental samplingStages 5 and 6: palaeoenvironmental assessment, analysis and dating; Subsequent work; Summary; Chapter 4: Prehistoric Characterisation of Area 240 and the Southern North Sea Region; Introduction; The present-day setting of the Palaeo-Yare; Area 240 palaeogeographic reconstruction; Pre-Yare Valley palaeogeography; The Ur-Frisia delta plain: pre-Anglian (MIS 13 upwards;>478 ka); Extensive remodelling of the landscape: Anglian (MIS 12; 478-424 ka); Early Development of the Palaeo-Yare; A new drainage pattern: late Anglian (MIS 12; c. 434 ka).

A marine incursion: Hoxnian (MIS 11 424-374 ka); Channel and floodplain development during the Saalian (MIS 10-6; 374-130 ka); Overview; Fluvio-glacial sediment deposition in the Palaeo-Yare; The last interglacial: Ipswichian (MIS 5e; 130-115 ka); Channel re-activation and continued development: Devensian (MIS 5d-MIS 2; 115 ka-11.7 ka); Early Devensian (MIS 5d-MIS 3; 115 ka-54 ka); Mid- to late Devensian (MIS 3-MIS 2; 54 ka-11.7 ka); Early Holocene channel development and final transgression (<11.7 ka); Channel development; Post-transgression development.

Preservation of sediments in Area 240Chapter 5: The Continued Search for Archaeological Material; Introduction; Remote sampling techniques; Grab sampling for artefacts; Area 240 seabed sampling survey; Sampling strategy; Positioning; Video/stills photographs; Two metre scientific trawl; Grab sample acquisition and processing; Transect 1; Transect 2; Transect 3; Discussion; Dredging for archaeological, palaeontological and palaeoenvironmental material; Sampling strategy; Dredging vessel: assessment of dredge loads; SBV Flushing Wharf; Recovered flint.

Includes bibliographical references.

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