Brunning, R. A. (2013). An Early Mesolithic Cemetery at Greylake, Somerset, UK. Archaeology in the Severn Estuary 22. Vol 22.
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An Early Mesolithic Cemetery at Greylake, Somerset, UK | ||
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Archaeology in the Severn Estuary 22 | ||
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Archaeology in the Severn Estuary | ||
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22 | ||
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The Somerset Levels contains numerous islands of hard geology that rise up above the peat and clay deposits of the floodplain. One such island at Greylake, near Othery has produced evidence of the disposal of human remains from three distinct prehistoric periods, the early Mesolithic, the early Bronze Age and the later Bronze Age. The Mesolithic and Beaker material was derived from an old sand quarry in the early 20th century. Dating of the earliest remains to the later 9th millennium BC was conducted recently as part of a project examining the archaeology of the islands. The earliest remains represent unique evidence for an early Mesolithic cemetery on an ‘open site’ in the UK. Detailed examination of the bones and associated early Mesolithic flint remains is underway and palaeoenvironmental investigation of the surrounding landscape is planned. | ||
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2013 | ||
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09 Oct 2017 |
