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NEOLITHIC SOILS, MIDDENS AND ALLUVIUM IN THE LOWER WELLAND VALLEY
Author(s) -
FRENCH C.A.I.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0092.1990.tb00372.x
Subject(s) - alluvium , midden , archaeology , floodplain , geology , quaternary , alluvial soils , alluvion , geography , geomorphology , paleontology , cartography
Summary. The soil micromorphological analysis of buried soils and probable ‘midden’ deposits buried beneath alluvium from six sites in the lower Welland valley between Maxey and Etton (Cambridgeshire) has revealed a deforested early Neolithic landscape which quickly became subject to seasonal alluviation. This paper suggests that the Neolithic/Bronze Age use of this landscape is directly related to its interpretation as an alluviated floodplain rather than an alluviated, former dry‐land landscape.