Mesolithic Settlement in the North Sea Basin : : A Case Study from Howick, North-East England

• Author: Waddington, Clive.
• TeilnehmendeR: Bailey, G. N.; Waddington, Clive
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (607 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The archaeological remains at Howick consist of a Mesolithic hut site and an Early Bronze Age cist cemetery located on a modern cliff edge overlooking a small estuary. This volume is devoted solely to the reporting and interpretation of the Mesolithic remains. Three huts had been constructed on the...

Table of Contents

• Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; SUMMARY; RÉSUMÉ; ZUASAMMENFASSUNG; SAMENVATTING; DANSK RESUMÉ; 1 INTRODUCTION; Setting the Scene; Scope of the Volume; Site Discovery; Aims; Field Research Strategy; Site Location; Previous Archaeological Work in the Howick Area; 2 GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; Objectives; Location and Geology; Methods Statement; Results and Discussion; Conclusions; 3 FIELDWALKING; Introduction; Method Statement; Taphonomy; Density; Distribution; Assemblage Chronology; Raw Material; Types; Activity in the Wider Landscape
• 4 TEST PITSMethods Statement; Distribution and Artefact Density; The Lithic Assemblage; 5 EXCAVATION OF THE HOWICK HUT; Methods Statement; Site Stratigraphy; The overburden; Mesolithic Hut; Phase 1a Hut (see Figs. 5.6-5.9); Phase 1b Hut (see Figs. 5.10-5.12); Phase 2 Hut (see Figs. 5.13-5.16); Phase 3 Hut (see Figs. 5.17-5.20); Phase 4 Hut Re-Occupation (see Fig. 5.21); Features and Activity Outside the Mesolithic Hut; Conclusions; 6 ABSOLUTE DATING; Introduction; General Approach; Objectives; Sampling; Radiocarbon Analysis and Quality Assurance; The Results; Calibration
• Analysis and InterpretationSediment Sequence; 7 CHIPPED STONE TOOLS; The Lithic Assemblage; Stratigraphic and Spatial Distribution; Overall Summary and Discussion; 8 BEVELLED PEBBLES, COARSE STONE TOOLS AND OCHREOUS MATERIAL; Ochreous Material; 9 RESIDUE AND USE-WEAR ANALYSIS OF STONE TOOLS; Residue Analysis; Method; Results; Discussion; Use-Wear Analysis; Results; Cluster analysis; Cluster 1; Cluster 2; Cluster 3; Cluster 4; Cluster 5; Cluster 6; Cluster 7; Cluster 8; Microliths; Scrapers; Unretouched tools; Core rejuvenation blades; Discussion; Tool use and activities at Howick; Conclusion
• 10 FAUNAL REMAINSIntroduction; Bone analysis; Shell analysis; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; 11 PLANT REMAINS AND CHARRED WOOD; Summary; Method Statement; Archaeobotanical Residues; Phase 1a; Phase 1b; Phase 2; Phase 3; Phase 4; Features outside the Mesolithic hut; Charcoal Analysis; Discussion; Conclusions; 12 GEOMORPHOLOGY AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; Geomorphological Setting; Description and Classification of Shoreline and Coastal Plain Morphology; Summary of Sedimentary Units; Archaeological Potential and Erosion Threats; Late Glacial to Holocene Palaeogeography and Sea Level Change
• Sedimentary Analysis of the SiteHolocene Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction; Howick Burn Sediments; Calcareous Microfossil Analysis; Pollen Analysis; Interpretation of Pollen Analysis; Environmental Summary; 13 EXPERIMENTAL CONSTRUCTION; Introduction; Construction 1; Construction 2; Conclusions; 14 HOWICK: DISCUSSION AND INTERPRETATION; Introduction; Site Taphonomy; Site Recording; The Huts; Phase Summaries (see Fig 14.1 for exploded view of the phase plans); External Activity; Bevelled Pebble Tools; Permanency; Site Type; Settlement Organisation and Economy; The Mesolithic Environment
• Conclusions