Palaeoenvironment of a mesolithic peat bed from Austin Friars, Leicester

Shackley, M. and Hunt, S.A., 1984. Palaeoenvironment of a mesolithic peat bed from Austin Friars, Leicester. Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and National History Society, 59, pp. 1-10. ISSN 0140-3990

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Abstract

A mesolithic peat bed, dated to 9920±100 bp (HAR-4260) (bp = radiocarbon years before the present calculated from A.D. 19S0 within + or - of 100 years in this case. Ed.) was recovered from Austin Friars, Leicester. Analysis of preserved fauna and flora, especially insects and seeds, indicated that the peat had formed in a shallow pond or lake, with vegetated, marshy edges subject to periodic flooding. The pond was set in open countryside characterised by a lack of trees and preponderance of light-demanding species, living in a cold, damp tundra climate at the very end of Late Glacial Zone III (9000-8300 RC.) extending into the Post Glacial (8300-4000 RC.).

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and National History Society
Creators:	Shackley, M. and Hunt, S.A.
Publisher:	Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society
Date:	1984
Volume:	59
ISSN:	0140-3990
Identifiers:	Number Type 400471 Other
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham Business School
Record created by:	EPrints Services
Date Added:	09 Oct 2015 10:13
Last Modified:	28 Apr 2022 08:32
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/9505

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