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dc.contributor.authorConneller, Chantal
dc.contributor.authorBates, Martin
dc.contributor.authorBates, Richard
dc.contributor.authorSchadla-Hall, Tim
dc.contributor.authorBlinkhorn, Edward
dc.contributor.authorCole, James
dc.contributor.authorPope, Matt
dc.contributor.authorScott, Beccy
dc.contributor.authorShaw, Andy
dc.contributor.authorUnderhill, David
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-01T14:00:06Z
dc.date.available2016-04-01T14:00:06Z
dc.date.issued2016-12
dc.identifier.citationConneller , C , Bates , M , Bates , R , Schadla-Hall , T , Blinkhorn , E , Cole , J , Pope , M , Scott , B , Shaw , A & Underhill , D 2016 , ' Rethinking human responses to sea-level rise : the Mesolithic occupation of the Channel Islands ' , Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , vol. 82 , pp. 27-71 . https://doi.org/10.1017/ppr.2016.1en
dc.identifier.issn0079-497X
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 241561019
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 9eabdc6f-c438-4877-9ea9-7b0ffef9cd6c
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 84998812272
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-9147-7151/work/29591574
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/8540
dc.description.abstractThis work provides new insights into human responses to and perceptions of sea-level rise at a time when the landscapes of north-west Europe were radically changing. These issues are investigated through a case study focused on the Channel Islands. We report on the excavation of two sites, Canal du Squez in Jersey and Lihou (GU582) in Guernsey, and the study of museum collections across the Channel Islands. We argue that people were drawn to this area as a result of the dynamic environmental processes occurring and the opportunities these created. The evidence suggests that the area was a particular focus during the Middle Mesolithic, when Guernsey and Alderney were already islands and while Jersey was a peninsula of northern France. Insularisation does not appear to have created a barrier to occupation during either the Middle or Final Mesolithic, indicating the appearance of lifeways increasingly focused on maritime voyaging and marine resources from the second half of the 9th millennium BC onwards.
dc.format.extent45
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the Prehistoric Societyen
dc.rights© The Prehistoric Society 2016. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ppr.2016.1en
dc.subjectSea-level riseen
dc.subjectMesolithicen
dc.subjectMarine resourcesen
dc.subjectChannel Islandsen
dc.subjectMaritime voyagingen
dc.subjectGE Environmental Sciencesen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subjectSDG 14 - Life Below Wateren
dc.subject.lccGEen
dc.titleRethinking human responses to sea-level rise : the Mesolithic occupation of the Channel Islandsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.description.versionPostprinten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Earth and Environmental Sciencesen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Ancient Environmental Studiesen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotlanden
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. St Andrews Sustainability Instituteen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/ppr.2016.1
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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