| Title: |
Mammoth Remains from Upper Strensham: Initial Statement (Internal Report No 62) |
| Number of Pages: |
7 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
<summary>Following the discovery by staff working on a major construction project for Severn Trent Water of a number of large bones about 4m below modern ground surface, archaeologists and Quaternary specialists were called in to record the finds. A trench had been excavated by machine through alternating deposits chiefly of gravel, but near to the base of the section a layer of grey silty clay was found with a number of large animal bones embedded within it. In total 128 bone fragments were recovered. These were identified by Professor Russell Coope of Birmingham University as the disarticulated remains of a male mammoth and the antler of a red deer. Samples were taken from the surrounding clay which contained molluscs together with preserved seeds, insects and pollen. A provisional date of approximately 200,000 years BP was estimated for the bone assemblage. The fragments included rib bones, limb bones, part of the vertebrae and some fragments of tusk. The tusk was a minimum of 140mm in diameter and the animal stood approximately 3.00m to the shoulder. The association of large mammal remains with environmental indicators is unique for deposits of this terrace in the Avon-Severn system. {italon}Au(abr)/Sec(abr)(21a){italoff} {italon}SMR Primary Record Numbers:{italoff} HWCM9966 |
| Author: |
John Darlington
Clare Rouffignac, de
Simon Woodiwiss
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| Publisher: |
Hereford and Worcester County Council Archaeological Service
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| Year of Publication: |
1991
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Modern (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1991
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: MAMMOTH REMAINS SITE, UPPER STRENSHAM
Study area: 0.014ha
Investigation type: Post-determination/Research
District: Wychavon
Monument:
Ngr: SO90403920
Parish: Strensham
Postcode: WR8 9LR
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
