Prehistoric archaeology and landscape change in the North Sea Basin: Investigations at Low Hauxley

Dr Clive Waddington, Archaeological Research Services Ltd

7.30pm in Stockton Central Library TS18 1TU

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Mesolithic to Bronze Age activity on an eroding cliff face site at Low Hauxley, Northumberland, has been known since an evaluation excavation in 1983.

Clive presents the latest results from a new large-scale and widely publicised investigation of the site. Finds include substantial and complex geo-archaeological sequences with multiple phases of Mesolithic settlement, Neolithic occupation, Bronze Age burial, Iron Age and Romano-British settlement with structures, a large lithic assemblage, human bones, ceramics, and botanical macrofossils. The results have relevance both for wider studies of prehistoric Britain but also for understanding prehistoric settlement around the North Sea Basin and the effects of sea level rise since the last ice age.

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Spencer Carter | TAS Chair & eCommunications