Star Carr Volume 1

"Star Carr is one of the most important Mesolithic sites in Europe. It was discovered in the late 1940s by John Moore and then excavated by Grahame Clark from 1949-1951, becoming famous in the archaeological world for the wealth of rare organic remains uncovered including barbed antler points and an...

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description "Star Carr is one of the most important Mesolithic sites in Europe. It was discovered in the late 1940s by John Moore and then excavated by Grahame Clark from 1949-1951, becoming famous in the archaeological world for the wealth of rare organic remains uncovered including barbed antler points and antler headdresses. However, since the original excavations there has been much debate about how the site was used: was it a residential base camp, a hunting camp or even a ritual site? From 2003-2015, excavations directed by Conneller, Milner and Taylor aimed to answer these questions. This work has demonstrated that the site is much larger and more complex than ever imagined and was in use for around 800 years. The excavations show that Mesolithic groups were highly invested in this place: there is evidence for a number of structures on the dryland (the oldest evidence for ‘houses’ in Britain), three large wooden platforms along the edge of the lake, and the deposition of rare artefacts into the lake edge, including more antler headdresses and a unique, engraved shale pendant. People continued to occupy the site despite changes in climate over this period. The main results of our work are contained in two volumes: the first provides an interpretation of the site, and the second provides detail on specific areas of research. The main results of our work are contained in two volumes: the first volume provides an interpretation of the site, and the second volume provides detail on specific areas of research."
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-269642024-04-04T14:42:22Z Star Carr Volume 1 Milner, Nicky Taylor, Barry Conneller, Chantal artefact palaeoenvironment mesolithic prehistory excavation star carr Antler Before Present Flint Microlith Red deer Stone tool Wetland thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology "Star Carr is one of the most important Mesolithic sites in Europe. It was discovered in the late 1940s by John Moore and then excavated by Grahame Clark from 1949-1951, becoming famous in the archaeological world for the wealth of rare organic remains uncovered including barbed antler points and antler headdresses. However, since the original excavations there has been much debate about how the site was used: was it a residential base camp, a hunting camp or even a ritual site? From 2003-2015, excavations directed by Conneller, Milner and Taylor aimed to answer these questions. This work has demonstrated that the site is much larger and more complex than ever imagined and was in use for around 800 years. The excavations show that Mesolithic groups were highly invested in this place: there is evidence for a number of structures on the dryland (the oldest evidence for ‘houses’ in Britain), three large wooden platforms along the edge of the lake, and the deposition of rare artefacts into the lake edge, including more antler headdresses and a unique, engraved shale pendant. People continued to occupy the site despite changes in climate over this period. The main results of our work are contained in two volumes: the first provides an interpretation of the site, and the second provides detail on specific areas of research. The main results of our work are contained in two volumes: the first volume provides an interpretation of the site, and the second volume provides detail on specific areas of research." 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2018-05-08 00:00:00 2020-04-01T12:46:30Z 2018 book 649694 OCN: 1038417447 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30156 9781912482054;9781912482061;9781912482078 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/26964 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30156/1/649694.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30156/1/649694.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30156/1/649694.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30156/1/649694.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30156/1/649694.pdf White Rose University Press 10.22599/book1 10.22599/book1 91ba1876-bb25-42bd-b3d0-61188627e669 9781912482054;9781912482061;9781912482078 407 York open access
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prehistory
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Before Present
Flint
Microlith
Red deer
Stone tool
Wetland
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Star Carr Volume 1
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topic artefact
palaeoenvironment
mesolithic
prehistory
excavation
star carr
Antler
Before Present
Flint
Microlith
Red deer
Stone tool
Wetland
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology
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topic_facet artefact
palaeoenvironment
mesolithic
prehistory
excavation
star carr
Antler
Before Present
Flint
Microlith
Red deer
Stone tool
Wetland
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology
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