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| Name: | Area of Palaeolithic Potential, Wasperton Sand and Gravel and New Inn Sand and Gravel |
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| HER Reference: | WSM56947 |
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| Type of record: | Geology |
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| Grid Reference: | SO 936 487 |
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| Map Sheet: | SO94NW |
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| Parish: | Worcestershire |
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Monument Types
- ENVIRONMENTAL DEPOSIT (Marine Isotope Stage 05d to Marine Isotope Stage 04 - 113050 BC to 55050 BC)
Full description
Yields abundant faunal and artefactual remains including extensive Neanderthal and early Homo Sapien artefacts. Locally overlies and contains the channel-filling organics of the Fladbury Beds. Also is likely to contain reworked Ipswichian faunal remains.
In 2013 research was performed by Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology service for the National Heritage Protection Plan Project "Putting the Palaeolithic into Worcestershire's HER". The project identified a number of areas of palaeolithic potential. [1]
Sources and further reading
| <1*> | Unpublished document: Daffern, N., Russell, O.. 2014. Putting the Palaeolithic into Worcestershire's HER: creating an evidence base and toolkit. Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service. Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service. |
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