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SUMMARY:Fishermen\, fossils and flints: varied approaches to targeting and
  investigating submerged Palaeolithic archaeology in the North Sea - Rache
 l Bynoe (Natural History Museum\, London)
DTSTART:20170308T163000Z
DTEND:20170308T173000Z
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CONTACT:Ann Van Baelen
DESCRIPTION:Dramatic sea level fluctuations throughout the Pleistocene cau
 sed the intermittent exposure and submergence of continental shelves on a 
 global scale\, with implications for hominin dispersals and occupation. Fo
 r Britain these changes were particularly important as they resulted in ei
 ther insularity from\, or peninsularity of\, the continental mainland\, wi
 th the North Sea basin submerged and exposed respectively. Sitting at the 
 peripheries of the Palaeolithic world\, the record from these now submerge
 d landscapes is thus crucial to our interpretation of the changing nature 
 of hominin interaction with these environments and landscapes through time
 . Our understanding of these areas\, however\, relies on an ability to inv
 estigate them\, which is severely limited by the difficulties of predictin
 g their locations. As such\, despite the huge increase in commercial devel
 opment of the offshore zone\, we know remarkably little about these drowne
 d landscapes. This talk will present recent\, ongoing work that is attempt
 ing to redress this problem\, with a variety of methods and approaches bei
 ng developed to help us target and investigate sites. In particular\, site
 s offshore Clacton\, Essex and Happisburgh\, Norfolk\, will be discussed\,
  providing evidence for one of the earliest known underwater sites.  \n\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Henry Wellcome Building\, Division of Biological A
 nthropology\, Fitzwilliam Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 3QG
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