Transition and persistence : material culture in the Mesolithic landscape of North Yorkshire
The aim of this thesis is to seek to gain an understanding of the technology of the Mesolithic period as it is evidenced within the landscape of north Yorkshire. It does not aim to investigate, detail and classify the assemblages of the whole area as this would not be feasible within the confines of a thesis, due to the vast amount of evidence of the period that has been gathered since the advent of interest in archaeology. The thesis will investigate in detail the landscape of two areas within north Yorkshire and, at times, move to larger scales of analysis in order to seek to understand themes which informed technology at the landscape level. Yorkshire has long attracted research into the Mesolithic period and, in many respects, the area remains unsurpassed in the level of attention it has received, the amount of evidence for the period recovered and the quality of that evidence. This depth of research and evidence has not been limited to one area but occurs across the county. For example, extensive and intensive research has been undertaken in the Pennines ever since the initial discoveries of Buckley (1924) and most recently by Spikins (1999,2003). Similar research, collection and excavation have been
Chatterton, Richard
Transition and persistence : material culture in the Mesolithic landscape of North Yorkshire. The aim of this thesis is to seek to gain an understanding of the technology of the Mesolithic period as it is evidenced within the landscape of north Yorkshire. It does not aim to investigate, detail and classify the assemblages of the whole area as this would not be feasible within the confines of a thesis, due to the vast amount of evidence of the period that has been gathered since the advent of interest in archaeology. The thesis will investigate in detail the landscape of two areas within north Yorkshire and, at times, move to larger scales of analysis in order to seek to understand themes which informed technology at the landscape level. Yorkshire has long attracted research into the Mesolithic period and, in many respects, the area remains unsurpassed in the level of attention it has received, the amount of evidence for the period recovered and the quality of that evidence. This depth of research and evidence has not been limited to one area but occurs across the county. For example, extensive and intensive research has been undertaken in the Pennines ever since the initial discoveries of Buckley (1924) and most recently by Spikins (1999,2003). Similar research, collection and excavation have been
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