Late Glacial Long Blade Sites in the Kennet Valley : Excavations and Fieldwork at Avington VI, Wawcott XII and Crown Acres

by Froom, Roy; Cook, Jill

• ISBN13: 9780861591534
• ISBN10: 0861591534
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: David Brown Book Co

Summary

10,000 years ago, late Ice Age and early post-glacial communities moved through the Kennet Valley to the Thames, following game and taking advantage of sheltered positions to make their camps. Favourable geological conditions in the neighbourhood of Newbury have preserved several of these camp sites in situ. One of these, Avington VI, has revealed evidence of structures which are, so far, unique in Britain. The remarkable concentrations of Long Blade artefacts provide insights into the daily activities of the hunters who lived there. Other sites fill in the details about ecological conditions during this period of climate change and how humans adapted to them.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	iv
List of Plates	vi
List of Tables	vi
Foreword	vii
Jill Cook
Preface	viii
Acknowledgements	viii
Long Blade Sites in the Kennet Valley	1	(4)
The Site of Avington VI	5	(8)
The Long Blade Assemblage from Avington VI	13	(26)
Refitting the Avington VI Long Blade Assemblage	39	(54)
Avington VI Long Blade site: an Overview	93	(4)
Wawcott XII	97	(10)
Crown Acres	107	(10)
Isolated Long Blade Finds	117	(4)
Synthesis and Conclusions	121	(6)
References	127	(2)
Plates	129