Site Event/Activity record ESF26309 - Excavation, East Farm, Barnham

Excavations of the Lower Palaeolithic site have been ongoing since 2013. A primary aim of the excavations in 2013-2017 was to investigate the relationship between the two different archaeological assemblages present at the site. A new area (Area 6 VI) positioned between Area 1I and Area IV (4) has provided increased geological resolution and archaeological data that has enabled the relationship between the Clactonian and Acheulean assemblages to be resolved. Work is also ongoing in Area III, targeting the calcareous silts and clays in the centre of the channel in order to increase our knowledge of the vertebrate, molluscan, pollen and floral assemblages preserved there. New areas have been excavated and sampled and a series of boreholes have been sunk to investigate the lower part of the sequence (S1). See S1 for more details.