Tabor, J. and Timberlake, S. (2010). Thelnetham Fen, Suffolk: An archaeological evaluation and palaeoenvironmental investigation. Cambridge: Cambridge Archaeological Unit. https://doi.org/10.5284/1016791. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Thelnetham Fen, Suffolk: An archaeological evaluation and palaeoenvironmental investigation
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Series:		 Cambridge Archaeological Unit unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1016791
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 In December 2008 an archaeological trench evaluation was undertaken at Thelnetham Fen, Suffolk in order to mitigate the impact resulting from the removal of up to 1m of degraded peat and peaty topsoil required for the fen restoration project being undertaken by the Little Ouse Headwaters Project (LOHP). Apart from possible drainage channels or linear peat cuttings no archaeology was found. However, environmental monolith samples were taken, and at the request of LOHP, the pollen was examined from an undisturbed section of the upper 1m of peat, and a section of the lower peat recovered from a testpit dug on a deeper section of the fen basin (1.85m deep) in June 2009. Radiocarbon dates obtained from this lower monolith show that fen mire development began here some 8000 years ago (7170 +/-50 BP), during which period peat accumulation was reasonably rapid. The pollen record is interesting in that it shows a number of increases in tree pollen (chiefly of oak and from 6000 BC of pine) with an expansion of wet meadow flora and persistence of fen aquatics in between. With the exception of one peak in Plantago lanceolata and Chenopodium around 6000 BC suggesting possible human disturbance associated with clearance, there are few obvious indicators of anthropogenic activity.
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Author:		 J Tabor
Simon Timberlake
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Publisher:		 Cambridge Archaeological Unit
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Suffolk HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2010
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Site: THE 031 Thelnetham Fen
Parish: WESTON
District: East Suffolk
County: Suffolk
Country: England
Location - Auto Detected: Thelnetham Fen Suffolk
Grid Reference: 601360, 278910 (Easting, Northing)
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LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) Flints (Find)
EARLY NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) SITE (Monument Type England)
LATE MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) SITE (Monument Type England)
6000 Bc (Auto Detected Temporal)
ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING (Event)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
TEST PIT (Event)
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OASIS Id: cambridg3-74471
OBIB: CAU Report no.929
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Note:		 28 page unpublished grey report complete with map, site plan, section, photographs and pollen diagram. Wire bound with clear plastic front and card backplate.
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Created Date:		 25 Nov 2016