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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 1 st March 2016. CAHO-Contracting Palaeolithic pre-construction archaeology.
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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
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
CAHO-Contracting Palaeolithic pre-construction archaeology ODPM regions South-West Solent-Thames South-East
Research Frameworks: philosophy and project structure CAHO-Contracting Palaeolithic pre-construction archaeology Resource assessment Research agenda Research framework Research strategy
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..
New Forest National Park: location CAHO-Contracting Palaeolithic pre-construction archaeology
Solent-Thames Research Framework: Hampshire [Keith Wilkinson] CAHO-Contracting Palaeolithic pre-construction archaeology • Three broad “character areas” - London Basin - Wessex Downs - Hampshire Basin
New Forest National Park: Solid geology CAHO-Contracting Palaeolithic pre-construction archaeology
New Forest National Park: Drift geology CAHO-Contracting Palaeolithic pre-construction archaeology
New Forest National Park: Solent River terraces CAHO-Contracting Palaeolithic pre-construction archaeology
New Forest: Palaeolithic finds [HER] CAHO-Contracting Palaeolithic pre-construction archaeology
New Forest: Palaeolithic finds [STRF: Keith Wilkinson] CAHO-Contracting Palaeolithic pre-construction archaeology Finds - Hampshire HER Finds - SRPP Finds >50 - SRPP
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?]