Multi-period

Britain

British Archaeological Bibliography 1994, 4, 1-2

Dobinson, C and Denison, S, with contributions by Cool, H, and Sussams, K, 1995, Metal detecting and archaeology in England.
EH and CBA Metal detectors have been in use for over 20 years but this is the first comprehensive research to examine its effects on archaeology. The report assesses: the volume of finds made by metal detectors; the proportion of those finds that are reaching archaeological records; and the benefits that the practice has brought to archaeology, whether by hobby detector-users or professional archaeologists. The conclusion is that metal detecting has good as well as harmful effects, and that its potential benefits have not yet been fully harnessed.

Wetlands Projects

Essex

Wilkinson, T J and Murphy, P L, with 17 contributors, 1995, The archaeology of the Essex coast, vol 1: the Hullbridge Survey, E Anglian Archaeol Rep, 71
The survey explored the Crouch estuary and Hullbridge, the Blackwater estuary and Clacton, Roach and the north bank of the Thames, the Stour and Colne estuaries, and Dovercourt. Results of the coastal survey and some small scale excavations are presented; a basic stratigraphic and environmental framework has been set up within which further finds or detailed studies may be fitted.

Humberside

Van de Noort, R, and Ellis, S, 1996, First annual report: Humber Wetlands Survey (1994-95), School of Geography and Earth Resources, University of Hull
Gives the background to the survey, describes the organisation and staff, and gives brief results for three particular sites.

- and - (eds), 1995, Wetland heritage of Holderness: an archaeological survey, Humber Wetlands Project, School of Geography and Earth Resources, University of Hull
Presents 17 contributions under the four headings of Introduction, Palaeoenvironmental programme, Archaeological programme, and Overview.

Merseyside

Cowell, R W, and Innes, J B, with a contribution by Wells, C E, and GIS mapping by Dodds, J, 1994, The wetlands of Merseyside, Lancaster Imprints 2
The survey provided much fresh evidence for extensive exploitation of the coastal wetlands in the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods. Inland, the modern quarrying of late glacial sands has removed evidence for early settlements; the peat also is largely truncated beyond the Roman or early medieval period. Significant woodland clearance and mixed farming appear at about 1000 BC, and a gradual spread of farmsteads on to well drained locations occurs; in the historic period the wetlands become common land, mainly for grazing. The thinner peat of the coastal areas has the most potential but also the greatest threat.