| Title: |
New mesolithic finds from the Lower Greensand near Petworth, West Sussex, and their wider affiliations
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| Issue: |
Sussex Archaeological Collections 157 |
| Series: |
Sussex Archaeological Collections
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| Volume: |
157
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| Page Start/End: |
1 - 29 |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
Recent fieldwalking of an under-explored portion of the Rother Valley south of Petworth, West Sussex, has identified at least three large scatters of lithic material, adding to the substantial corpus of similar finds from elsewhere in the Weald, often over sandy substrates. Of the approximately 6660 flints examined in detail, a couple may be late upper palaeolithic in date, but it is argued that the majority is mesolithic, with an overlay of later prehistoric material. This article concentrates on the mesolithic component and argues that this belongs to the Horsham phase of this period, characterized by a distinctive microlith assemblage including basally-retouched points, estimated to date somewhere within or near the 8th millennium cal BC. A range of other tool types, including core axes/adzes and scrapers, are also described and the assemblages are discussed in their wider geographical context, not least that of northern France, where some typological parallels open the possibility of contemporary contact across a widening English Channel. Later material (neolithic and Bronze Age) is recorded in outline only as a pointer to future potential. |
| Year of Publication: |
2019
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| Locations: |
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West Sussex |
| District: |
Chichester |
| Country: |
England |
| Place: |
Haslingbourne |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| fieldwalking (Auto Detected Subject) |
| lithic material (Auto Detected Subject) |
| core (Auto Detected Subject) |
| flints (Auto Detected Subject) |
| scrapers (Auto Detected Subject) |
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SYSTEMATIC FIELDWALKING SURVEY
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
(ADS Archive)
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| Created Date: |
09 Nov 2020 |
