Between 2018 and 2019, Cornwall Archaeological Unit undertook two
projects at Mount’s Bay, Penwith. The first involved the excavation
of a Bronze Age barrow and the second, environmental augur core
sampling in Marazion Marsh. Both sites lie within an area of coastal
hinterland, which has been subject to incursions by rising sea levels.
Since the Mesolithic, an area of approximately 1 kilometer in extent
between the current shoreline and St Michael’s Mount has been lost
to gradually rising sea levels. With current climate change, this
process is likely to occur at an increasing rate. Given their
proximity, the opportunity was taken to draw the results from the two
projects together along with all available existing environmental data
from the area. For the first time, the results from all previous
palaeoenvironmental projects in the Mount’s Bay area have been
brought together. Evidence for coastal change and sea level rise is
discussed and a model for the drowning landscape presented. In
addition to modeling the loss of land and describing the environment
over time, social responses including the wider context of the Bronze
Age barrow and later Bronze Age metalwork deposition in the Mount’s
Bay environs are considered. The effects of the gradual loss of land
are discussed in terms of how change is perceived, its effects on
community resilience, and the construction of social memory and
narratives of place. The volume presents the potential for nationally
significant environmental data to survive, which demonstrates the
long-term effects of climate change and rising sea levels, and
peoples’ responses to these over time.
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Tradition, Deposition and Social Responses to Sea Level Rise
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781789259247
Publisert
2023
Utgiver
Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors, LLC
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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