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Environ Archaeol 9 (1)
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Title:
Environ Archaeol 9 (1)
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Series:
Circaea
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Volume:
9 (1)
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Journal
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Editor:
Glynis Jones
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Association for Environmental Archaeology
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Year of Publication:
2004
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/env/2004/00000009/00000001
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25 Feb 2005
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Hydrological monitoring of an alluviated landscape in the lower Great Ouse Valley at Over, Cambridgeshire: results of the gravel extraction phase
Charles A I French
1 - 12
The paper sets out the results of the hydrological monitoring programme conducted during the first phase of gravel extraction at the Hanson Over quarry in Cambridgeshire. Less than two months after the start of gravel extraction and pumping, the groundwater table within the extraction area had dropped to 5m+ below the modern ground surface and has since been maintained at that level. Specific monitoring of a Bronze Age barrow within the extraction area has demonstrated significant dewatering and lowering of soil moisture contents in the mound, ditch and buried soil. The groundwater table downstream and beyond the extraction area gradually dropped to between 2m and 5m below the modern ground surface, at a distance of up to 500m from the quarry face. The author argues that to ensure the future curation of alluviated landscapes that are threatened with water and gravel extraction, groundwater and water quality monitoring programmes should be part of the archaeological brief in response to Policy Planning Guidance 16 (DoE 1990).
A record of atmospheric pollution and vegetation change as recorded in three peat bogs from the northern Pennines Pb--Zn orefield
Timothy M Mighall
Lisa Dumayne-Peaty
David Cranstone
13 - 38
The paper sets out to understand how the metal mining industry has altered the natural landscape, using palaeoenvironmental techniques to reconstruct the vegetational landscape and atmospheric pollution history surrounding the metal mines of the upper Rookhope valley, Weardale and Moorhouse National Nature Reserve in Teesdale. Results from pollen analysis suggest that small, temporary woodland clearance occurred during the Neolithic and Bronze Age, followed by more substantial clearances during the Iron Age and Romano-British period. Metal mining had little impact on vegetation, in particular woodland, until medieval times. Evidence of higher lead concentrations and a permanent reduction in arboreal pollen percentages in the pollen diagrams correlate with the growth of the lead mining industry from the eleventh century AD onwards as documented in historical records.
Plant remains as indicators of seasonality of site-use in the Mesolithic period
S P Dark
39 - 45
The use of plant remains as indicators of seasonality is discussed, especially where they represent the accidental charring of species unlikely to have been deliberately collected and stored. This is illustrated with reference to the early Mesolithic site of Star Carr, North Yorkshire, and discussed in the context of other Mesolithic sites from which assemblages of charred plant remains have been recovered.
Do insect remains from historic-period archaeological occupation sites track climate change in northern England?
Harry Kenward
47 - 59
Remains of true bugs (Heteroptera) and beetles (Coleoptera) from archaeological occupation deposits of the past two millennia appear to provide evidence that temperatures in northern England in the first--fourth and ninth--fifteenth centuries AD were 1--2ºC higher than those of the mid-twentieth century. It is argued that, although they derive from artificial conditions, if used appropriately the abundant records from occupation sites represent an important source of local terrestrial palaeoclimatic information which is easily available in the short term, though confirmatory data from natural deposits should also be sought. The potential of the bugs (Hemiptera) is particularly emphasised. The recent return to the north of some species presumed to have been driven south in the `Little Ice Age' is discussed.
Archaeological implications of plant and invertebrate remains from fills of a massive post-medieval cut at Low Fisher Gate, Doncaster, U.K.
Harry Kenward
Allan R Hall
Jane M McComish
61 - 74
Plant and invertebrate remains from a series of fills of an early post-medieval cut feature at a site in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, were studied as part of a site-wide investigation. Some rich and diverse assemblages were recovered whose interpretation was not simple. It is argued that the material represents infill of a feature deliberately dug for water management, probably originally used as a pond for livestock, but latterly also for the dumping of a variety of materials during its life.
The introduction of fallow deer to Britain; a zooarchaeological perspective
Naomi J Sykes
75 - 83
In order to determine the date and source of the introduction to Britain of European fallow deer (Dama dama), the paper sets out to examine and, in some cases, re-analyse the zooarchaeological evidence for this species.
Fragmentation: the zonation method applied to fragmented human remains from archaeological and forensic contexts
C J Knüsel
Alan K Outram
85 - 97
The recording system presented here provides a means by which to confront problems of equifinality -- that is, when taphonomic alterations create apparently similar patterns and, therefore, confuse behavioural inferences drawn from them. The method hinges on a standardised representation of the zones on human skeletal elements that allow comparison with those described by Dobney and Rielly (1988) for animal remains. It is anticipated that the anatomical descriptions in combination with the zone drawings presented will aid others to apply the method generally across skeletal assemblages of any date. The author suggests that the system could also be used to aid the curation of museum collections and as a complement to forensic recovery.