Conneller, C;
Bates, M;
Bates, R;
Schadla Hall, T;
Blinkhorn, E;
Cole, J;
Pope, M;
... Underhill, D; + view all
(2016)
Rethinking Human Responses to Sea-level Rise: The Mesolithic Occupation of the Channel Islands.
Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society
, 82
pp. 27-71.
10.1017/ppr.2016.1.
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Abstract
This work provides new insights into human responses to and perceptions of sea-level rise at a time when the landscapes of north-west Europe were radically changing. These issues are investigated through a case study focused on the Channel Islands. We report on the excavation of two sites, Canal du Squez in Jersey and Lihou (GU582) in Guernsey, and the study of museum collections across the Channel Islands. We argue that people were drawn to this area as a result of the dynamic environmental processes occurring and the opportunities these created. The evidence suggests that the area was a particular focus during the Middle Mesolithic, when Guernsey and Alderney were already islands and while Jersey was a peninsula of northern France. Insularisation does not appear to have created a barrier to occupation during either the Middle or Final Mesolithic, indicating the appearance of lifeways increasingly focused on maritime voyaging and marine resources from the second half of the 9th millennium BC onwards
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Rethinking Human Responses to Sea-level Rise: The Mesolithic Occupation of the Channel Islands |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/ppr.2016.1 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ppr.2016.1 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Mesolithic, Channel Islands, Sea Level Rise, Climate Change, Jersey, Postglacial |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology ASE UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1476141 |
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