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New Forest National Park: Palaeolithic Research Priorities and Strategies

Explore the research agenda for Palaeolithic and Early Holocene findings in the New Forest National Park, discussing resource assessment, research frameworks, and future research priorities. Learn about the geological aspects, river terraces, and significant Palaeolithic finds in the region.

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New Forest National Park: Palaeolithic Research Priorities and Strategies

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  1. New Forest National Park: the Palaeolithic resource, research priorities and strategies Francis Wenban-Smith New Forest Palaeolithic and Early Holocene Research Agenda Meeting Lyndhurst Community Centre 1st March 2016 CAHO-Contracting Palaeolithic pre-construction archaeology Department of Archaeology

  2. CAHO-Contracting Palaeolithic pre-construction archaeology ALGAO Research Frameworks Project • Series of regional projects • Initiated c. 2005 • Guide curatorial decision-making • Rely heavily on voluntary specialist input • Regional structure, but county-by-county data/analysis

  3. CAHO-Contracting Palaeolithic pre-construction archaeology ODPM regions South-West Solent-Thames South-East

  4. Research Frameworks: philosophy and project structure CAHO-Contracting Palaeolithic pre-construction archaeology Resource assessment Research agenda Research framework Research strategy

  5. CAHO-Contracting Palaeolithic pre-construction archaeology Deposit-centred approach • SERF - South-East Research Framework • Palaeolithic remains found in Pleistocene deposits - “Drift” • Varied depositional and post-depositional processes • Varying preservational conditions • Varying potential interest/importance • Assessment of importance/potential of deposit types: inferred, date and past performance • Pleistocene mapping: a starting point..

  6. New Forest National Park: location CAHO-Contracting Palaeolithic pre-construction archaeology

  7. Solent-Thames Research Framework: Hampshire [Keith Wilkinson] CAHO-Contracting Palaeolithic pre-construction archaeology • Three broad “character areas” - London Basin - Wessex Downs - Hampshire Basin

  8. New Forest National Park: Solid geology CAHO-Contracting Palaeolithic pre-construction archaeology

  9. New Forest National Park: Drift geology CAHO-Contracting Palaeolithic pre-construction archaeology

  10. New Forest National Park: Solent River terraces CAHO-Contracting Palaeolithic pre-construction archaeology

  11. New Forest: Palaeolithic finds [HER] CAHO-Contracting Palaeolithic pre-construction archaeology

  12. New Forest: Palaeolithic finds [STRF: Keith Wilkinson] CAHO-Contracting Palaeolithic pre-construction archaeology Finds - Hampshire HER Finds - SRPP Finds >50 - SRPP

  13. CAHO-Contracting Palaeolithic pre-construction archaeology Future research priorities • more-thorough Resource Assessment and HER review • dating the Solent River terrace framework, integration with tributaries and eastern Solent • resolving biases in record - “Mind the Gap” • well-provenanced material, understanding the New Forest region [Barton Cliffs] • regional contrasts • non-Solent river systems • non-fluvial deposits and their remains/potential [Paulton’s Park?]

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