Neanderthal occupation of the Channel Plain: Paleoenvironments, technology and landscape in the Early Middle Palaeolithic
Neanderthal occupation of the Channel Plain: Paleoenvironments, technology and landscape in the Early Middle Palaeolithic
The Channel Plain Region, now largely submerged by high sea-level, incorporates the UK Crown
dependencies of the Channel Islands, Northern France (specifically Brittany and Normandy), and
southern Britain. La Cotte de St Brelade sits within this landscape, and is pivotal in understanding
the Early Middle Palaeolithic Neanderthal occupations of the area. This research presents a series
of new palaeogeographic models, new analysis of the lithic assemblages of the lower, Saalian
deposits at La Cotte, and chronostratigraphic and technological relationship(s) across the region.
This includes sites such as Piégu, Menez-Dregan, Grainfollet and Les Gastines.
Overall, this provides an up-to-date synthesis of Neanderthal behaviour between c. 220 – 160 kya
within North Western Europe. Specifically, continuities and changes in behaviour over the period
in question are highlighted, including changes in lithic acquisition practices related to climate and
landscape changes. Finally, this research adds to the recent re-analysis of the upper “bone heap”
assemblages (Pope et al. 2012; Scott et al. 2014; Smith 2015; Shaw et al. 2016), within the later
Saalian (>160 kya), and the upper Weichselian deposits (Wragg Sykes 2011; Bates et al. 2013;
Scott et al. 2014; Shaw et al. 2016), at La Cotte de St. Brelade.
University of Southampton
Griffiths, Samuel Peter
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May 2018
Griffiths, Samuel Peter
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Sturt, Fraser
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Davies, William
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Griffiths, Samuel Peter
(2018)
Neanderthal occupation of the Channel Plain: Paleoenvironments, technology and landscape in the Early Middle Palaeolithic.
University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis, 324pp.
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Abstract
The Channel Plain Region, now largely submerged by high sea-level, incorporates the UK Crown
dependencies of the Channel Islands, Northern France (specifically Brittany and Normandy), and
southern Britain. La Cotte de St Brelade sits within this landscape, and is pivotal in understanding
the Early Middle Palaeolithic Neanderthal occupations of the area. This research presents a series
of new palaeogeographic models, new analysis of the lithic assemblages of the lower, Saalian
deposits at La Cotte, and chronostratigraphic and technological relationship(s) across the region.
This includes sites such as Piégu, Menez-Dregan, Grainfollet and Les Gastines.
Overall, this provides an up-to-date synthesis of Neanderthal behaviour between c. 220 – 160 kya
within North Western Europe. Specifically, continuities and changes in behaviour over the period
in question are highlighted, including changes in lithic acquisition practices related to climate and
landscape changes. Finally, this research adds to the recent re-analysis of the upper “bone heap”
assemblages (Pope et al. 2012; Scott et al. 2014; Smith 2015; Shaw et al. 2016), within the later
Saalian (>160 kya), and the upper Weichselian deposits (Wragg Sykes 2011; Bates et al. 2013;
Scott et al. 2014; Shaw et al. 2016), at La Cotte de St. Brelade.
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