The Neolithic in The Cambridgeshire Fens
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3280262 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J G D Clark, Junebug Clark, H Godwin |
| Year | 1962 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 141 |
| Pages | 10-23 |
| Publication date | 1962-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00029513 |
| OpenAlex | W2214227435 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
By common consent the spread of Neolithic culture has been one of the first objectives of radiocarbon dating in north-western Europe. This is due primarily to the intrinsic historical importance of this process, but the fact that the inception of husbandry has left clear indicators in the palaeobotanical record means that decisive samples are readily available. In the present paper an account will first be given of the reinvestigation of the site on Peacock's Farm, Shippea Hill, Cambridgeshire, a locality where in 1934 Neolithic pottery had been found stratified in a vertical sequence between Mesolithic and Early Bronze Age remains, each in deposits with fossil pollen. In view of the stratigraphical importance of the site it may be appropriate in this same context to review the radiocarbon dates for the inception of Neolithic culture in the British Isles as a whole. The excavations were undertaken during June, 1960, by the Cambridge University Department of Archaeology and Anthropology with the support of the Crowther-Beynon Fund. Samples were collected for pollen analysis and radiocarbon age determination and the laboratory work was carried out in the University Sub-department of Quaternary Research at Cambridge
Archaeology · Chronology · Context (archaeology) · Excavation · Geography · Mesolithic · Pottery · Radiocarbon dating · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 1962 - 2019 (58) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |