Aalbersberg, G. and Brown, A. G. (2011). The environment and context of the Glastonbury Lake Village. Journal of Wetland Archaeology 10. Vol 10, pp. 136-151.
 Title The title of the publication or report |
The environment and context of the Glastonbury Lake Village | ||||
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Subtitle The sub title of the publication or report |
a re-assessment | ||||
Issue The name of the volume or issue |
Journal of Wetland Archaeology 10 | ||||
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Journal of Wetland Archaeology | ||||
Volume Volume number and part |
10 | ||||
Number of Pages The number of pages in the publication or report |
168 | ||||
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136 - 151 | ||||
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Uses recent stratigraphic, pollen and diatom work in the Panborough Gap area and upstream of Glastonbury to re-assess the environment at the end of the third and beginning of the second millennia BP. A simple conceptual hydrogeological model is used to test hypotheses about the causes of flooding. The environmental data is consistent with the creation of tidal channels during the period of marine incursion in the early-mid Iron Age some of which remained open in the late 3rd millennium BP, and with the presence of marine and brackish water diatoms indicating periodic backing up of brackish water. The environmental evidence of a functioning partially estuarine channel to the north of the village is assessed in the light of the structural, artifactual and palaeoecological evidence from the original excavation. Both the broader environmental evidence and the archaeology suggest that Glastonbury Lake Village was in direct contact with the estuary of a tidal river discharging to the north through the Panborough Gap and Axe Valley and to the upper Brue valley to the south and west. In archaeological terms this may go some way to explaining the size, complexity and semi-specialised nature of the site. The evidence for abandonment due to rising water levels or flooding is also assessed and the case found as yet unproven and attention is drawn to other possible factors. | ||||
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2011 | ||||
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17 Feb 2013 |
