A Middle Palaeolithic site at Lynford Quarry, Mundford, Norfolk: Interim statement

Boismier, W.; Schreve, D.C.; White, M.J.; Robertson, D.A.; Stuart, A.J.; Etienne, S.; Andrews, J.; Coope, G.R.; Field, M.; Green, F.M.L.; Keen, D.H.; Lewis, S.G.; French, C.A.; Rhodes, E.; Schwenninger, J-L.; Tovey, K; O'Connor, S.

A Middle Palaeolithic site at Lynford Quarry, Mundford, Norfolk: Interim statement

Boismier, W.; Schreve, D.C.; White, M.J.; Robertson, D.A.; Stuart, A.J.; Etienne, S.; Andrews, J.; Coope, G.R.; Field, M.; Green, F.M.L.; Keen, D.H.; Lewis, S.G.; French, C.A.; Rhodes, E.; Schwenninger, J-L.; Tovey, K; O'Connor, S.

Authors

W. Boismier

D.C. Schreve

Professor Mark White mark.white@durham.ac.uk
Professor

D.A. Robertson

A.J. Stuart

S. Etienne

J. Andrews

G.R. Coope

M. Field

F.M.L. Green

D.H. Keen

S.G. Lewis

C.A. French

E. Rhodes

J-L. Schwenninger

K Tovey

S. O'Connor

Abstract

In late February and early March 2002, an archaeological watching brief at Lynford Quarry, Mundford, Norfolk revealed a palaeochannel with a dark organic fill containing in situ mammoth remains and associated Mousterian stone tools and debitage buried under 2–3 m of bedded sands and gravels. Well-preserved in situ Middle Palaeolithic open air sites are very unusal in Europe and exceedingly rare within a British context. As such, the site was identified as being of national and international importance, and was subsequently excavated by the Norfolk Archaeological Unit. Full analysis of the results are pending and this report presents some of the initial results of the excavation. It sets out how the site was excavated, outlines the stratigraphic sequence for the site, and presents some provisional findings of the excavation based on the results of the assessment work carried out to date.

Citation

Boismier, W., Schreve, D., White, M., Robertson, D., Stuart, A., Etienne, S., …O'Connor, S. (2003). A Middle Palaeolithic site at Lynford Quarry, Mundford, Norfolk: Interim statement. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 69, 314-324

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Jan 1, 2003
Deposit Date	Aug 7, 2009
Publicly Available Date	Sep 17, 2010
Journal	Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society for ...
Print ISSN	0079-497X
Publisher	Prehistoric Society
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	69
Pages	314-324
Keywords	Lynford, Handaxes, Mammoths, Neanderthals.
Publisher URL	http://www.prehistoricsociety.org/