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Somerset's peatland archaeology: managing and investigating a fragile resource ; the results of the Monuments at Risk in Somerset Peatland (MARISP) project

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Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford [u.a.] Oxbow 2013
Subjects:	Funde Torfmoor Archäologische Stätte Somerset Water-saturated sites (Archaeology) / England / Somerset Somerset (England) / Antiquities
Online Access:	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Item Description:	Mit dt. u. franz. Zsfassungen
Physical Description:	XIII, 310 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:	9781842174883

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adam_text	Contents List of Figures ...................................................................................................................................................................................... vii List of Tables ..........................................................................................................................................................................................xi Acknowledgements .........................................................................................................................................................................xiv Summary ................................................................................................................................................................................................xv Resume ...................................................................................................................................................................................................xvi Zusammenfassung.........................................................................................................................................................................xvii 1. Introduction to the Project 1 The Somerset Levels and Moors .............................................................................................................................................1 The Holocene palaeoenvironmental background .................................................................................................2 The history of archaeological research ........................................................................................................................8 The waterlogged archaeological resource in Somerset s peatlands ..........................................................16 Threats to the waterlogged resource .........................................................................................................................17 The project area ..............................................................................................................................................................................21 Aims of the project .......................................................................................................................................................................21 2. Methodology ...............................................................................................................................................................................23 Managing and monitoring wetland monuments .........................................................................................................23 Monitoring techniques ...............................................................................................................................................................23 Survival and decay processes ........................................................................................................................................24 Assessment of archaeological preservation ...........................................................................................................25 Site selection ....................................................................................................................................................................................25 Excavation and analysis ............................................................................................................................................................25 Evaluation trenching ..........................................................................................................................................................25 Wood recording ....................................................................................................................................................................26 Species identifications ........................................................................................................................................................26 Dating .........................................................................................................................................................................................26 Palaeoenvironmental analysis ........................................................................................................................................28 Assessment of preservation .....................................................................................................................................................31 Wooden remains ..................................................................................................................................................................31 Pollen ..........................................................................................................................................................................................33 Plant macrofossils ................................................................................................................................................................36 Beetles .........................................................................................................................................................................................38 Foraminifera ............................................................................................................................................................................40 Diatoms .....................................................................................................................................................................................41 Monitoring of the burial environment ................................................................................................................................41 iv Contents 3. Trackways ......................................................................................................................................................................................42 1. Bell Tracks fieldwork....................................................................................................................................................42 Previous fieldwork.........................................................................................................................................................42 MARISP excavation results....................................................................................................................................... 42 Fieldwork conclusion................................................................................................................................................... 45 Bell Tracks assessment and monitoring .............................................................................................................45 Monitoring of burial environment ........................................................................................................................51 Preservation conclusion ..............................................................................................................................................52 2. Abbot s Way fieldwork .....................................................................................................................................................52 Previous fieldwork .........................................................................................................................................................52 MARISP excavation results .......................................................................................................................................54 Fieldwork conclusion ...................................................................................................................................................56 Abbot s Way assessment and monitoring .........................................................................................................56 Monitoring of burial environment ........................................................................................................................60 Preservation conclusion ..............................................................................................................................................62 3. Tinney s Tracks fieldwork ...............................................................................................................................................62 Previous fieldwork .........................................................................................................................................................62 MARISP excavation results .......................................................................................................................................63 Fieldwork conclusion ...................................................................................................................................................68 Tinney s Tracks assessment and monitoring ...................................................................................................69 Monitoring of burial environment ........................................................................................................................77 Preservation conclusion ..............................................................................................................................................78 4. Chilton Tracks fieldwork .................................................................................................................................................79 Previous fieldwork .........................................................................................................................................................79 MARISP excavation results .........................................................................................................................................80 Fieldwork conclusion ...................................................................................................................................................83 Chilton Tracks assessment and monitoring .....................................................................................................83 Monitoring of burial environment ........................................................................................................................90 Preservation conclusion ..............................................................................................................................................90 5. Viper s and Nidon s tracks fieldwork .......................................................................................................................91 Previous fieldwork .........................................................................................................................................................91 MARISP fieldwork results .........................................................................................................................................92 Fieldwork conclusion ...................................................................................................................................................94 6. Meare Heath Track fieldwork .......................................................................................................................................94 Previous fieldwork .........................................................................................................................................................94 MARISP fieldwork results .........................................................................................................................................95 Fieldwork conclusion ...................................................................................................................................................95 7. Withy Bed Copse Track fieldwork .............................................................................................................................95 Previous fieldwork .........................................................................................................................................................95 MARISP fieldwork results .........................................................................................................................................96 Fieldwork conclusion ...................................................................................................................................................96 4. Platforms and Pile Alignments 97 8. Saul Platform, Sharpham Park fieldwork ...............................................................................................................97 Previous fieldwork .........................................................................................................................................................97 MARISP excavation results .......................................................................................................................................97 Fieldwork conclusion ................................................................................................................................................. Ill Saul Platform assessment and monitoring ..................................................................................................... Ill Monitoring of burial environment ......................................................................................................................117 Preservation conclusion ............................................................................................................................................119 Contents 9. Harding Alignment Harter s Hill fieldwork ......................................................................................................119 Previous fieldwork ......................................................................................................................................................119 MARISP excavation results .....................................................................................................................................125 Fieldwork conclusion .................................................................................................................................................145 Comparative sites .........................................................................................................................................................146 Harding Alignment assessment and monitoring ........................................................................................150 Monitoring of burial environment ......................................................................................................................158 Preservation conclusion ............................................................................................................................................159 5. Lake Villages .............................................................................................................................................................................160 10. Meare Lake Villages fieldwork ..................................................................................................................................160 Previous fieldwork ......................................................................................................................................................160 MARISP excavation results .....................................................................................................................................162 Fieldwork conclusion .................................................................................................................................................166 Meare Lake Villages assessment and monitoring .......................................................................................166 Monitoring of burial environment ......................................................................................................................174 Preservation conclusion ............................................................................................................................................174 11. Glastonbury Lake Village fieldwork .......................................................................................................................175 Previous fieldwork ......................................................................................................................................................175 MARISP excavation results .....................................................................................................................................178 Fieldwork conclusion .................................................................................................................................................201 Glastonbury Lake Village assessment and monitoring ...........................................................................201 Monitoring of burial environment ......................................................................................................................209 Preservation conclusion ............................................................................................................................................211 12. Crannel Farm fieldwork .................................................................................................................................................211 Previous fieldwork ......................................................................................................................................................211 MARISP fieldwork ......................................................................................................................................................211 Fieldwork conclusion .................................................................................................................................................211 6. Medieval Causeway .............................................................................................................................................................212 13. Street-Glastonbury causeway fieldwork ..............................................................................................................212 Previous fieldwork ......................................................................................................................................................212 MARISP excavation results .....................................................................................................................................214 Fieldwork conclusions ...............................................................................................................................................228 Comparative sites .........................................................................................................................................................229 Street-Glastonbury causeway assessment and monitoring ..................................................................230 Monitoring of burial environment ................................................................................................................236 7. Preservervation and Environmental Change 238 General preservation results .................................................................................................................................................238 Water quality monitoring ..............................................................................................................................................238 Wood ........................................................................................................................................................................................241 Issues in the method for recording pollen deterioration .............................................................................242 Pollen ........................................................................................................................................................................................248 Plant macrofossils ..............................................................................................................................................................249 Coleóptera .............................................................................................................................................................................251 Environmental change in the central Brue valley .....................................................................................................254 Previous palaeoecological work in the central Brue valley ........................................................................255 The MARISP sites in their geographical setting ...............................................................................................256 The chronology of the MARISP sites ......................................................................................................................257 The palaeoenvironment of the upper Brue valley from the early Bronze Age ................................257 vi Contents 8. Research and Management Strategies 260 Bell Tracks ......................................................................................................................................................................................260 Abbot s Way Track....................................................................................................................................................................261 Tinney s Tracks ............................................................................................................................................................................261 Chilton Tracks ..............................................................................................................................................................................262 Viper s and Nidon s Tracks ..................................................................................................................................................262 Meare Heath Track ....................................................................................................................................................................262 Withy Bed Copse Track ..........................................................................................................................................................263 Saul Platform, Sharpham Park ............................................................................................................................................263 Harding Alignment, Harter s Hill .....................................................................................................................................263 Meare Lake Villages ..................................................................................................................................................................264 Glastonbury Lake Village .......................................................................................................................................................264 Street-Glastonbury causeway ..............................................................................................................................................265 Crannel Farm ................................................................................................................................................................................266 A strategy for Somerset s peatland archaeology .......................................................................................................266 Climate change ...................................................................................................................................................................267 Management strategy ......................................................................................................................................................267 Research priorities .............................................................................................................................................................270 Management priorities ....................................................................................................................................................270 Appendix 1. Key for habitat groups and scale of abundance for plant macrofossil analysis tables ....................................................................................................................................................271 Appendix 2. Abbreviations for ecological codes and statistics used for interpretation of insect remains in text and tables .......................................................................................................272 Appendix 3. MARISP pollen assessment plates .........................................................................................................273 Appendix 4. MARISP plant macrofossil assessment figures ...............................................................................277 Appendix 5. Troels-Smith stratigraphie descriptions ..............................................................................................295 Bibliography ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 299 Index .......................................................................................................................................................................................................308
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