French, C. A I., Lewis, H., Allen, M. J., Scaife, R. G. and Green, M. (2003). Archaeological and palaeo-environmental investigations of the Upper Allen Valley, Cranborne Chase, Dorset (1998--2000):. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 69. Vol 69, pp. 201-234.
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Archaeological and palaeo-environmental investigations of the Upper Allen Valley, Cranborne Chase, Dorset (1998--2000): | ||||||||||||||||
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Subtitle The sub title of the publication or report |
a new model of earlier Holocene landscape development | ||||||||||||||||
Issue The name of the volume or issue |
Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 69 | ||||||||||||||||
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The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society | ||||||||||||||||
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69 | ||||||||||||||||
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201 - 234 | ||||||||||||||||
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A combination of off-site geoarchaeological and aerial photographic survey and palynological analyses of two relict palaeochannel systems, and sample investigations of four Bronze Age round barrows and a Neolithic enclosure, have been combined with inter-regional summaries of the archaeological and molluscan records to re-examine the prehistoric landscape dynamic in the study area. Preliminary results suggest that woodland development in the earlier Holocene appears to have been more patchy than has been presumed. With open areas still present in the Mesolithic, the area witnessed its first exploitation of the chalk downs, thus slowing and altering soil development of the downlands. By the later Neolithic these under-developed soils had become thin rendzinas, largely as a consequence of human exploitation. The presence of thinner and less well-developed soils over large areas of downland removes the necessity for envisaging extensive soil erosion and thick aggraded deposits in the valley bottom in later prehistory. The investigations have suggested that, if there were major changes in vegetation and soil complexes, these had already occurred by the Neolithic rather than in the Bronze Age as suggested by previous researchers, and the area has remained relatively stable since. Includes French, German and Spanish summaries. Also includes: | ||||||||||||||||
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2003 | ||||||||||||||||
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(The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered |
19 Mar 2004 |
