Some chronological implications of a fossil molluscan assemblage from a Neolithic site at Brook, Kent, England
In: Journal of Archaeological Science. Elsevier: London. ISSN 0305-4403; e-ISSN 1095-9238, more
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British Isles, England, Kent
Climate
Dating
Earth sciences > Geology > Stratigraphy > Biostratigraphy
Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]; Mollusca [WoRMS]
Kent [Marine Regions]
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Clearance; Environment; Fossil; Mollusc; Neolithic; Post-glacial; Radiocarbon; Shell; Snail; Zonation |
| Abstract |
The later post-glacial history of a valley in the chalk escarpment near Brook, Kent, is described, based on molluscan stratigraphy, archaeological evidence and radio-carbon dating. Differences in size and colour banding, respectively, of fossil and living representatives of two species of land snails, Pomatias elegans (Müller) and Cepaea nemoralis (L.), are correlated with climatic change during the post-glacial period. The problems of the use of fossil shells of these species as samples for radiocarbon dating are discussed. |
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