Down the Bright Stream: The Prehistory of Woodcock Corner and the Tregurra Valley, Cornwall
By (author) Sean R. Taylor
Paperback (Published)
(June 2022)
ISBN: 9781803270043
8.07 x 11.46 inches
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This volume reports on a series of fieldwork projects carried out in the Tregurra Valley, to the east of Truro, Cornwall between 2009-2015. The fieldwork led to the identification of a large number of pits and hearths across the site, the majority of which that have proved dateable spanning the Early Neolithic to the end of the Early
Down the Bright Stream: The Prehistory of Woodcock Corner and the Tregurra Valley reports on a series of fieldwork projects carried out in the Tregurra Valley, to the east of Truro, Cornwall. The work was undertaken over a period of seven years between 2009 and 2015, predominantly by the Cornwall Archaeological Unit, as a response to the development of the valley. The fieldwork led to the identification of a large number of pits and hearths across the site, the majority of which that have proved dateable spanning the Early Neolithic to the end of the Early Bronze Age. One concentration of pits included one dating to the Late Neolithic containing a remarkable engraved slate disc. Other pits contained evidence for tin processing at the start of the Bronze Age. An enclosure formed by a segmented ditch was dated to the Early Bronze Age. Of considerable note was the identification of buried soils and colluvial layers pre-dating much of the prehistoric activity and found across the site. There was an apparent absence of activity in the valley between the end of the Early Bronze Age and the start of the Iron Age, when much of the valley was enclosed with field boundary ditches and activities recorded include crop processing, charcoal burning and iron smelting. The charcoal burning continued into the medieval period. Later activity in the valley including brickmaking, stone quarrying, and small-scale mineral prospection, is reported on elsewhere.
Summary ;
1 Background to the Investigations ;
2 Location and Setting ;
3 The Excavations ;
4 The Ceramics ;
5 The Stonework ;
6 The Flint ;
7 Archaeometallurgy ;
8 Charred Plant Remains ;
9 Charcoal ;
10 Geoarchaeology ;
11 Radiocarbon Dating ;
12 Spatial and Artefactual Analysis of the Neolithic and Bronze Age Pits ;
13 Discussion ;
14 Bibliography
Sean R. Taylor BA (Hons), MCIfA is currently a Senior Archaeologist with the Cornwall Archaeological Unit (CAU), for whom he has worked since 2001. He has directed a number of large excavations including Scarcewater (2004), Camelford School (2008), Tregurra (2012-14), and is currently managing the A30 project for CAU. Previous publications have included monographs on the Mitchell to St Newlyn East Pipeline and Scarcewater (with Dr Andy Jones) and a number of articles for Cornish Archaeology.
- By (author) Sean R. Taylor
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