Site Event/Activity record ESF28329 - Deposit, East Farm, Barnham, Area VI

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Location

Location East Farm, Barnham
Grid reference TL 8752 7866 (point)
Map sheet TL87NE
Civil Parish BARNHAM, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK

Technique(s)

Organisation

British Museum

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

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.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <S1> Web Page: BGS. Borehole Scan, BGS Viewer.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • East Farm Brick Pit, Barnham, (Palaeolithic) (Monument)

Record last edited

Sep 15 2020 2:36PM

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