Title: |
Salvage Recording of a Mesolithic Site at Lightmarsh Farm, Kidderminster Foreign (Internal Report No 199) |
Number of Pages: |
49 |
Biblio Note |
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Publication Type: |
Report
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Abstract: |
<summary>Salvage recording was undertaken on a Mesolithic hunter-gatherer occupation site revealed during construction of a new water-main on behalf of Severn Trent Water, running from Trimpley to Blackstone in the north of the county. Investigation of a significant concentration of flint artefacts led to the identification of surviving Mesolithic and later deposits. A total of 1,482 fragments of flint were recovered, mostly comprising waste material but also including 88 artefacts, typical of a Later Mesolithic narrow-blade industry. These were associated with features which may represent a temporary shelter and activity relating to a short period of occupation by a small band of hunters. Evidence of a fire included charred hazelnut fragments. A sample of these produced a radiocarbon date which, when calibrated, suggests that the site dates to the earlier 8th millennium BC (OxA-4327 - 8800+/-80 BP) - on a national basis an early date for a site characterised by a narrow-blade industry. This is one of the first Mesolithic sites in the region where excavation has produced a combination of features, artefacts, environmental remains and a radiocarbon date, and as such is regarded as a very significant discovery. {italon}Au(?abr){italoff} {italon}SMR Primary Record Numbers:{italoff} HWCM15301 |
Author: |
Robin Jackson
Lynne Bevan
Derek Hurst
Clare Rouffignac, de
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Publisher: |
Hereford and Worcester County Council Archaeological Service
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Year of Publication: |
1994
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Locations: |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Lightmarsh Farm Kidderminster |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Severn Trent |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Blackstone |
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Subjects / Periods: |
MESOLITHIC
(Historic England Periods)
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MESOLITHIC
(Historic England Periods)
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1482 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
1994
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: LIGHTMARSH FARM, NORTH OF WRIBBENHALL (TRIMPLEY TO BLACKSTONE AQUEDUCT) Study area: c0.064ha Investigation type: Post-determination/Research District: Wyre Forest Monument: Ngr: SO79007710 Parish: Kidderminster Foreign Postcode: DY121NE
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Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |