Barnett, C., Scaife, R. G., Truckle, N. and Russell, J. (2008). The Upper and Middle Wentlooge Sequence and Environments at Plot 8000, The Western Approaches Distribution Park, Avonmout, South Gloucestershire. Archaeology in the Severn Estuary 19. Vol 19.
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The Upper and Middle Wentlooge Sequence and Environments at Plot 8000, The Western Approaches Distribution Park, Avonmout, South Gloucestershire | ||
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Archaeology in the Severn Estuary 19 | ||
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Archaeology in the Severn Estuary | ||
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19 | ||
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A borehole survey and archaeological investigations undertaken in advance of development at Plot 8000 of the Western Approach Distribution Park, Avonmouth, South Gloucestershire, enabled examination of the deep Wentlooge Formation (lower, middle and upper). The recovered sedimentary sequence of middle Wentlooge estuarine silts and peats and their associated palaeoenvironmental remains were analysed and dated to the middle Neolithic to middle Bronze Age using radiocarbon. It is demonstrated that following fully marine conditions at the Site in the early-middle Holocene, lower energy estuarine conditions expanded. A subsequent shift in the proximity of the Site to the estuary mouth in the middle Holocene is demonstrated by a microfaunal assemblage indicative of intertidal mudflats and low marsh environment. Stabilisation of sediments by emergent vegetation and the formation of stretches of wet marsh and terrestrial fen environments adjacent to mudflats with brackish creeks occurred from the middle Neolithic. Drier areas were well-wooded and there is evidence for the expansion in heathland and/or raised mire vegetation at this time. A reversion to dominantly estuarine and salt marsh conditions occurred, still within the middle Neolithic period, in response to positive eustatic change. Evidence for prehistoric human activity is scarce but pieces of comminuted charcoal occur in two thin layers of middle Neolithic and early Bronze Age date, the latter followed by possible evidence for expansion of pasture. Unlike the adjacent Plot 4000, the Site showed no evidence for Roman activity, with only ephemeral featuresof 18th-20th century date found, indicating this area was more marginal to settlement due to its topography and waterlogged nature. | ||
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2008 | ||
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09 Oct 2017 |
