Aldhouse-Green, S. H R., Whittle, A. W R., Allen, J. R L., Caseldine, A. E., Culver, S., Earl of Northbrook, M. H., Lundquist, J. and Upton, D. (1993). Prehistoric human footprints from the Severn Estuary at Uskmouth and Magor Pill, Gwent, Wales. ARCHAEOLOGIA CAMBRENSIS Cylchgrawn Cymdeithas Hynafiaethau Cyrmu The Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association. VOL. 141 (1992). Vol 141, pp. 4-55.
Title The title of the publication or report |
Prehistoric human footprints from the Severn Estuary at Uskmouth and Magor Pill, Gwent, Wales | |||||||
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ARCHAEOLOGIA CAMBRENSIS Cylchgrawn Cymdeithas Hynafiaethau Cyrmu The Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association. VOL. 141 (1992) | |||||||
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Archaeologia Cambrensis | |||||||
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141 | |||||||
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4 - 55 | |||||||
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report |
Lines of footprints made by barefoot humans have been recorded stratified within post-glacial marine sediments at two separate locations on the present inter-tidal foreshore of the Severn Estuary: at Uskmouth and Magor Pill, near Newport. The Uskmouth footprints are in an estuarine clay overlain by peat deposits. A Mesolithic antler mattock was found in close proximity. Radiocarbon determinations from the peat indicate a terminus ante quem of 6250±80BP. Footprints from Magor Pill in a similar stratigraphic context have been dated to earlier than 5720±80BP. They are part of a body of growing evidence for later Mesolithic activity in the estuary. A E Caseldine reviews the palaeobotanical evidence (21-8) and S J Culver and J Lundquist examine the foraminifera (29-33). J R L Allen describes the formation, preservation and serial sectioning of a complete footprint at Uskmouth (39-43). The trail of footprints at Magor Pill is examined by S H R Aldhouse-Green (43-6). S H R Aldhouse-Green and A W R Whittle review the evidence for preserved hominid footprints without spatial or chronological limits (46-9). | |||||||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
1993 | |||||||
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20 Jan 2002 |