The Brigg 'Raft' and her Prehistoric Environment

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Cover Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Illustrations List of Tables Foreword Editor’s Introduction List of Contributors Section 1: Excavation and Re-Excavation 1.1 1888 to 1974 1.2 Recording the ‘raft' 1.3 The photogrammetric survey 1.4 Photographic recording 1.5 Conservation on site Section 2: The ‘Raft’ Evidence 2.1 Post-excavation recording 2.2 Photogrammetic recording of one cleat 2.3 The ‘raft’ remains 2.4 Tree-ring analysis 2.5 Radiocarbon dating 2.6 The state of the timber 2.7 Post excavation conservation Section 3: Environmental Evidence 3.1 Environmental evidence from pollen analysis and stratigraphy 3.2 Macroscopic remains of an estuarine flora 3.3 Diatom flora 3.4 Insect remains from beneath the Brigg ‘Raft' 3.5 Mollusca 3.6 Gastropoda 3.7 Foraminifera 3.8 Ostracoda 3.9 Geology of the Ancholme Valley 3.10 The sedimentary regime 3.11 The Late Bronze Age Climate Section 4: Discussion 4.1 The ‘Raft’ 4.2 Tools usable in the construction of the 'Raft' 4.3 The safe carrying capacity of the hypothetical reconstruction 4.4 The Environment 4.5 Future research Attribute Lists Glossary Index