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Holocene 15 (5)
Title
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Title:
Holocene 15 (5)
Series
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Series:
The Holocene
Volume
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Volume:
15 (5)
Publication Type
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Publication Type:
Journal
Editor
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Editor:
John A Matthews
Publisher
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Publisher:
Sage Publications
Year of Publication
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Year of Publication:
2005
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Source:
BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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http://hol.sagepub.com/content/vol15/issue5/
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Created Date:
01 May 2007
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Mid-Holocene presence of water chestnut (Trapa natans L.) in the meres of Holderness, East Yorkshire, UK
J E Schofield
M J Bunting
687 - 697
Palaeoenvironmental and radiocarbon data are presented from an infilled freshwater basin (Lambwath Mere) in Holderness, East Yorkshire. The site contains a rare and detailed c. 4000 cal year mid-Holocene pollen record for the floating-leaved aquatic plant Trapa natans (L.) (water chestnut). Competing hypotheses (natural and anthropogenic) to explain the earlier presence of this `exotic' species in Holderness are evaluated. Maximum Trapa frequencies date to the interval 6200--4200 cal. BP and are shown to occur during shallow open water conditions just prior to overgrowth of the basin by semiterrestrial vegetation communities. There is no clear palynological or archaeological evidence from the site to suggest settlement or significant human activity around the mere during this episode. It appears more likely that the occurrence of water chestnut at this site can be explained through natural factors (a combination of a favourable climate and the availability of a suitable habitat) rather than as a prehistoric human introduction.
A sediment-based multiproxy palaeoecological approach to the environmental archaeology of lake dwellings (crannogs), central Ireland
Charlotte E O'Brien
Katherine Selby
Zoe Ruiz
Anthony G Brown
Mark H Dinnin
Christopher J Caseldine
Peter G Langdon
Ingelise Stuijts
707 - 719
A multiproxy study of Ballywillin Crannog, Lough Kinale, central Ireland is presented. The methodology used reveals the wealth of information that a multiproxy approach can contribute in lake settlement studies. Plant macrofossils, pollen and spores, diatoms, chironomids and Coleoptera from a lake core are used to reconstruct local and regional vegetation change and lake history to establish the age and function of the crannog. The palaeoecological evidence suggests that Ballywillin Crannog was constructed around AD 620, with its most intensive period of occupation after AD 1150. Cereals and a range of gathered fruits and nuts were brought onto and cooked on the crannog, and cereal grains were possibly stored there.