by Matthew Law

The South West Britain Palaeobiodiversity Maps are a series of maps containing data provided by various specialists, which show the known past distributions of various biological organisms, ranging from the microscopic to large mammals, during different periods of the past. These periods are necessarily broad due to the resolution of dating from many sites, and should not be taken to imply absolute contemporaneity across sites.

Taxa that would have lived on the site are indicated with a green pin, taxa whose remains are definitely brought in from elsewhere (for example, oysters on an inland site) are shown with a red pin. Yellow pins indicate species that may have lived within the vicinity of the site, but could equally be imported. Each pin contains information about the taxa present, and details of the source of the information.

Special thanks are due to Professor Ken Thomas of the Institute of Archaeology, UCL, for his comments on an earlier draft of the maps.

THE MAPS

Select 'tools' on the menu to the right of the map to add or remove layers, or to search the map. Click here to view full page - please note that in full page view there are two scroll bars on the right hand side of the page.

 

Most of the data derives from reports in the Archaeology Data Service's archive of unpublished fieldwork reports, although some data has been contributed by visitors to the site, or is derived from published work (see below)

CONTRIBUTORS

Joss Davis  

Ben Gearey (University of Birmingham) 

Matthew Law  

Clare Randall (Bournemouth University) 

Kenneth Thomas (University College London) 

PUBLISHED SOURCES

Barber, G., 1996. The Animal Bone, in Yorkston, D.E., Excavation of a Medieval Site at Keynsham Nursery, The Park, Keynsham. Bristol and Avon Archaeology 13 (57 - 77)

Hunter, K., 1996. Environmental Remains - Plant macro-fossil analysis, in Yorkston, D.E., Excavation of a Medieval Site at Keynsham Nursery, The Park, Keynsham. Bristol and Avon Archaeology 13 (57 - 77)

Jones, J., 1999. The Palaeoenvironmental Analysis, in Insole, P. An Excavation and Auger Survey in 1996 at British Gas Seabank, Bristol on the North Avon Severn Levels. Bristol and Avon Archaeology 14. 21-49

Kenward, H., 2005. Honeybees (Apis mellifera (Linnaeus)) from archaeological deposits in Britain. in Smith, D.N., Brickley, M.B., and Smith, W. Fertile Ground: Papers in Honour of Susan Limbrey. Oxford: Oxbow 95-107

Noddle, B., 1985: Some of the Faunal Remains from Mary-le-Port, Bristol. In Watts, L., and Rahtz, P., Mary-le-Port Bristol Excavations 1962/3 (Bristol: City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery).

Sykes, N., 2004. The Introduction of Fallow Deer to Britain: A Zooarchaeological Perspective. Environmental Archaeology 9: 1. 75-85

Winder, J.M., 2000: "The Marine Molluscs", in Ellis P, (Ed.): Ludgershall Castle: Excavations by Peter Addyman, 1964-1972.(Devizes: Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society) pp241-242

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