Microliths and maritime mobility: a continental European-style Late Mesolithic flint from the Isles of Scilly

Anderson-Whymark, H., Garrow, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3164-2618 and Sturt, F. (2015) Microliths and maritime mobility: a continental European-style Late Mesolithic flint from the Isles of Scilly. Antiquity, 89 (364). pp. 954-971. ISSN 1745-1744 doi: 10.15184/aqy.2015.77

Abstract/Summary

Once Britain had become separated from the European mainland in the seventh millennium BC, Mesolithic stone tool traditions on opposite sides of the newly formed Channel embarked upon different directions of development. Patterns of cross-Channel contact have been difficult to decipher in this material, prior to the expansion of farming (and possibly farmers) from northern France at the beginning of the fourth millennium BC. Hence the discovery of Late Mesolithic microliths of apparently Belgian affinity at the western extremity of southern Britain in the Isles of Scilly comes as something of a surprise. The find is described here in detail, along with alternative scenarios that might explain it. The article is followed by a series of comments, with a closing reply from the authors.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/39707
Identification Number/DOI	10.15184/aqy.2015.77
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Social Archaeology Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Department of Archaeology
Publisher	Antiquity Publications
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