Excavations at Barnfield Pit, Swanscombe, 1968-72
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Excavations at Barnfield Pit, Swanscombe, 1968-72
(Occasional paper, 94)
Department of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities, 1996
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Description and Table of Contents
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The lower Palaeolithic site at Swanscombe has been the focus of research and debate since the beginning of the century. Not only did it provide evidence of Clactonian flint industries overlain by Acheulian, but it has also yielded the only human skull fragments from this period in Britain. This volume provides a detailed description of the most recent axcavations undertaken by John Waechter from 1968-72. Included are chapters on the historical background of Swanscombe, the geology of the site and surrounding area, together with chapters on the associated fish, bird, mammal and pollen remains. These provide the geological and environmental context for the flint industries which are described and interpreted in the final chapters. New information on the refitting of the knapping scatters is balanced by fresh interpretations that question the validity of the Clactonian/Acheulian division. After a century of research this volume demonstrates that Swanscombe is still a site of international importance, and continues to offer new evidence.
Table of Contents
- A history of quarrying in the Swanscombe area
- the history of geological research at Barnfield Pit, Swanscombe
- through the looking-glass - the history of archaeological research at Barnfield Pit, Swanscombe
- the description of the Waechter excavations, 1968-72
- the geology outside the National Nature Reserve
- the geology inside the National Nature Reserve
- the geological context of Swanscombe
- the avifauna from the Waechter excavations
- the ichthyofauna from the Waechter excavations
- the mammalian fauna from the Waechter excavations
- comments on the mammalian remains from Barnfield Pit, Swanscombe
- the footprint surfaces from the Waechter excavations
- the ostracods from the Waechter excavations
- the pollen from the Waechter excavations
- the flint industries from the Waechter excavations. Appendices: methodology of flint analysis
- an additional note on the stratigraphy of the Barnfield deposits, A.T. Marston.
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