Technology and Landscape Use in the Early Middle Palaeolithic of the Thames Valley

The stratigraphy and chronology of the fluvial sediments at Warsash, UK: implications for the Palaeolithic archaeology of the River Test

“…The fresh condition of the artefacts fits with this interpretation. A similar situation is found at several sites of the Middle Thames, such as Creffield Road and Yiewsley (Scott et al 2011). There, fresh Levallois artefacts have been observed to rest on, or in sediments that overlie, Lynch Hill gravels that contain rolled handaxes (Brown 1889(Brown , 1895.…”

The British Middle Palaeolithic

“…Despite these problems an increasing body of biostratigraphic data, work on amino acids and absolute dating tends to support the attribution of temperate sediments at sites assigned by Bridgland to the Mucking Formation as dating broadly Table 1 Faunas listed by Schreve (1997) for the Sandy Lane MAZ from Aveley and from other typical assemblages (Schreve, 2001) to MIS 7 (Bowen et al, 1989;Preece, 1995;Sutcliffe, 1995;Penkman et al, 2011;Scott et al, 2011). This scheme is therefore followed with caution in the discussion of sites below.…”

“…The earliest record at Botany Pit, Purfleet, is of 'proto-Levallois' or 'simple prepared cores' dating to either late MIS 9 or early MIS 8 Scott, 2010). Fully developed Levallois technology is found at sites dating to late MIS 8 or early MIS 7 Scott, 2010;Scott et al, 2011). It is unclear whether Britain was still occupied during later MIS 7, but certainly by the beginning of MIS 6 it is unlikely that humans were present in Britain due to the extreme cold.…”

Widespread diffusion of technical innovations around 300,000 years ago in Europe as a reflection of anthropological and social transformations? New comparative data from the western Mediterranean sites of Orgnac (France) and Cave dall’Olio (Italy)

“…This aspect is attested all across the western and central side of the continent, as in Great-Britain (Pontnewydd Cave in Wales at 230 ka, Green et al, 1981;Scott et al, 2011;Scott and Ashton, 2011), France (La Micoque, layer L2/3, end of MIS 8 Rolland, 1995;Falguères et al, 1997;White and Ashton, 2003;Bourguignon et al, 2008and Soucy, MIS 9 Lhomme et al, 2000, 2004, Spain (Galeria II base, MIS 9 and Cueva del Angel, Ollé et al, 2005;Wymer et al, 1993;Barroso Ruíz et al, 2011) and Italy (Valle Giumentina, MIS 6, Bietti andCastorina, 1992, Le Svolte di Popoli, Radmilli, 1965, Grotta Paglicci external shelter, Castel di Guido, MIS 9, Boschian, 1996, Malagrotta, Radmilli, 1984, Sedia del Diavolo and Monte delle Gioie, Taschini, 1967 andLa Polledrara, MIS 9, Anzidei, 2001;Anzidei et al, 2012), as well as in Hungary (Vertesszölös, MIS 9, Kretzoi and Dobosi, 1990). …”