LAND MOLLUSCA FROM WEST HILL, ULEY. A RITUAL COMPLEX, GLOUCESTERSHIRE EXCAVATED IN 1977-9
Author(s): B Meddens
During the 1978 excavation, 158 samples were taken for mollusc analysis. The nature/reliability of the samples is discussed, and within that constraint, an interpretation offered that the enclosure ditches of the preBelgic and Belgic Iron Ages transformed the woodland environment relatively quickly to open countryside. This process continued throughout the Roman period. Following the removal of the Roman pallisade, however, and during the second and third centuries AD there may have been some regeneration of large plant and shrub cover which continued during the construction of the Roman Temple and courtyard. Following the demolition of the temple (?date known), open woodland gave way to arable farming.
- Report Number:
- 10/1993
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 7
- Keywords:
- Animal Remains Mollusca
