Some chronological implications of a fossil molluscan assemblage from a neolithic site at Brook,Kent, England |
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Authors: | R Burleigh MP Kerney |
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Institution: | 1. Research Laboratory, The British Museum, London WC1, England;2. Department of Geology, Imperial College, London SW7, England |
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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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Keywords: | Biostratigraphy Clearance Climate Dating Environment Fossil Kent Mollusc Neolithic Post-glacial Radiocarbon Shell Snail Zonation |
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