Landscapes of Stone: Contextualizing Greenstone Working and Lithics from Clodgy Moor, West Penwith, Cornwall

Jones, Andy M.; Lawson-Jones, Anna; Quinnell, Henrietta; Tyacke, Anna; Hill, Graham; Tapper, Bryn; Taylor, Roger

doi:10.1080/00665983.2013.11021000

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“…They may be similar to the broader distributions of findspots around Walney Island and Hengistbury Head. They include Mounts Bay in Cornwall where evidence of stone axe production has been identified (Jones et al 2013), and Merthyr Mawr in south Wales. It has already been interpreted as an Iron Age beach market (Lynch et al 2000, 207), but includes a notable concentration of earlier prehistoric artefacts and burials (Savory 1980; Burrow 2003, 250–3).…”

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Maritime Havens in Earlier Prehistoric Britain

Bradley

Rogers

Sturt

et al. 2016

Proc. Prehist. Soc.

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It is widely accepted that between the beginning of the Early Neolithic period and the end of the Early Bronze Age different regions of Britain were connected to one another by sea, but little is known about the nature of maritime contacts before plank-built boats developed during the 2nd millennium bc. This paper considers a series of coastal sites, some of which were first settled from Mesolithic times. From the early 4th millennium they were also associated with artefact production and the use of imported objects and raw materials. Their distribution focuses on the region of isostatic uplift in northern Britain where the ancient shoreline still survives. It is considered in relation to a new model of coastal change which suggests that these locations were characterised by natural havens sheltered behind islands or bars. The sites can be compared with the ‘landing places’ and ‘beach markets’ discussed by historical archaeologists in recent years.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%