THE MOLLUSCA FROM THE 1964 EXCAVATIONS AT ROUGHRIDGE HILL, BISHOPS CANNINGS, WILTSHIRE: ROUND BARROWS GRINSELL 61, 62, AND 62A.
Author(s): J G Evans
Molluscan assemblages from contexts from three round barrows at Roughridge Hill, Wiltshire, are described. They come from a chronological range of contexts that begins in the Neolithic and ends at the present day. The composition of the assemblages and their structure indicate the following environmental sequence. Woodlandand scrub vegetation covered at least parts of the immediate vicinity during the Neolithic. Water molluscsand ostracods indicate an origin in freshwater streams for some of the pit material. There was open country inthe Bronze Age. Immediately prior to the construction of the barrows the environment was of stable well-estab-lished grassland, not too heavily grazed. The ditch assemblages show that woodland and scrub refugia were not far away during at least one part of the post-barrowperiod. Comparison with the present-day fauna on the Wansdyke shows that the prehistoric vegetation was substantially richer in shrubs and trees.
- Report Number:
- 75/1987
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 18
- Keywords:
- Animal Remains Mollusca
