Palaeo-Yare (North Sea)
The Palaeo-Yare is a submerged river system in today's southern North Sea (part of Dogger Bank) that was above sea level during the early Middle Palaeolithic[when?][1] It is an extension of today's River Yare in Norfolk.[2][3] Dredging of the sediments of submerged river system provides aggregates for construction and maintaining beaches, but has also been the source of archaeological finds showing human habitation of that area during the Middle Palaeolithic.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ Roberts, L; Hamel, A (2023). "The Submerged Palaeo-Yare: a review of Pleistocene landscapes and environments in the southern North Sea". Internet Archaeology (61). doi:10.11141/ia.61.8.
- ^ Shaw, Andrew; Young, Daniel; Hawkins, Hayley (6 December 2023). "The Submerged Palaeo-Yare: New Middle Palaeolithic Archaeological Finds from the Southern North Sea". Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 89. Cambridge University Press: 273–297. doi:10.1017/ppr.2023.11.
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- ^ "Beach replenishment adds a new dimension to the Palaeolithic story of the Norfolk coast – Pathways to Ancient Britain". 3 August 2023.
- ^ Davis, Rob; Ashton, Nick; Bynoe, Rachel; Craven, John; Ferguson, Rob; Gardner, Ian; Grimmer, Tim; Harris, Claire; Hatch, Marcus; Johnson, Colin; Leonard, Joanne; Lewis, Simon; Nicholas, Darren; Stevens, Matt (2023). "Middle Palaeolithic occupation of the southern North Sea Basin: Evidence from the Sandscaping sediments emplaced on the beach between Bacton and Walcott, Norfolk, UK". Journal of Quaternary Science. 38 (6): 866–890. Bibcode:2023JQS....38..866D. doi:10.1002/jqs.3524.