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Lines of Archaeological Investigation along the North Cornish Coast
Andy M. Jones and Henrietta Quinnell
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This monograph presents the results of archaeological recording along two South West Water pipelines, between Tintagel and Boscastle and between Harlyn Bay and Padstow. The sequence began with Mesolithic lithics and continued through pits with Early Neolithic ceramics, with Grooved Ware and with Beaker pottery. A Middle Bronze Age roundhouse of unusual character had been submerged by colluvium and produced a mould for a copper alloy racloir, an artefact more commonly found in Continental Europe. There were Bronze Age field walls, and a modified 'natural' stone, a focus for prehistoric activity. At Forrabury, uniquely in Cornwall, Early Iron Age cists were revealed, and, close to the well-known later Iron Age cemetery at Harlyn Bay, an Iron Age to Romano-British settlement was uncovered beneath blown sand. The terrain of each pipeline had its own distinctive character and a concluding discussion explores the archaeology of successive periods against this and against the background of Cornish prehistory.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Table of Contents
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List of Figures
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List of Tables
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Acknowledgements
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Summary
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Chapter 1: Introduction and overview to two pipeline projects
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PART 1: The North Cornwall pipeline: Tintagel to Boscastle pipeline
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Chapter 2: Introduction and background to the project
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Chapter 3: Smaller sites recorded along the pipeline
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Chapter 4: The Bronze Age roundhouse at Trevalga
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Chapter 5: Forrabury compound Iron Age site
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Chapter 6: The pottery from the North Cornwall pipeline
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Chapter 7: Stonework from the North Cornwall pipeline
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Chapter 8: Lithics from the North Cornwall pipeline
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Chapter 9: Human skeletal remains from the North Cornwall pipeline
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Chapter 10: Charcoal from the North Cornwall pipeline
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Chapter 11: Charred plant macrofossils from the North Cornwall pipeline
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Chapter 12: Animal bone from the North Cornwall pipeline
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Chapter 13: The molluscs from the North Cornwall pipeline
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Chapter 14: Radiocarbon determinations from the North Cornwall pipeline
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Part 2: The Harlyn Bay to Padstow pipeline
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Chapter 15: Introduction and background
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Chapter 16: Results from the pipeline
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Chapter 17: Pottery from the Harlyn Bay to Padstow pipeline
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Chapter 18: Prehistoric and Roman stonework from the Harlyn Bay to Padstow pipeline
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Chapter 19: Lithics from the Harlyn Bay to Padstow pipeline
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Chapter 20: Faunal remains from Harlyn Bay to Padstow pipeline
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Chapter 21: Radiocarbon determinations from the Harlyn Bay to Padstow pipeline
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PART 3: Discussion and synthesis
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Chapter 22: Insights into the archaeology of the north Cornish coast
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Bibliography
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Published: 2014
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407312484 (paperback)
- 9781407322759 (ebook)
BAR Number: B594