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Quaternary rivers, tufas and mires of southern England: Description of Geological Conservation Review sites (2024)
Journal Article
Briant, R. M., Whiteman, C. A., Haggart, B. A., Bridgland, D. R., Egberts, E., Grant, M. J., Hatch, M., Knowles, P. G., Schreve, D. C., Toms, P. S., Wenban-Smith, F. F., & White, M. J. (online). Quaternary rivers, tufas and mires of southern England: Description of Geological Conservation Review sites. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2024.10.002

Southern England contains a wealth of sites, reviewed here, that contain evidence for past deposition in freshwa-ter environments over a period of over 0.5 million years and have been designated as Geological Conservation Review sites for their repre... Read More about Quaternary rivers, tufas and mires of southern England: Description of Geological Conservation Review sites.

TOM ARMSTRONG BOWES, HERNE BAY MUSEUM AND THE LOWER PALAEOLITHIC OF THE KENTISH STOUR (2024)
Journal Article
Knowles, P. G., Wickstead, H., & White, M. J. (online). TOM ARMSTRONG BOWES, HERNE BAY MUSEUM AND THE LOWER PALAEOLITHIC OF THE KENTISH STOUR. Antiquaries Journal, https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003581524000015

The Palaeolith collection of the antiquarian Dr Tom Armstrong Bowes was the founding component of Herne Bay's first museum and became one of the larger and more significant collections in the British Palaeolithic record. Its value to debates on the B... Read More about TOM ARMSTRONG BOWES, HERNE BAY MUSEUM AND THE LOWER PALAEOLITHIC OF THE KENTISH STOUR.

Big enough to matter: on the frequency and chronology of giant handaxes in the British Lower Palaeolithic (2024)
Journal Article
Dale, L., Rawlinson, A., Knowles, P., Foulds, F., Ashton, N., Bridgland, D., & White, M. (2024). Big enough to matter: on the frequency and chronology of giant handaxes in the British Lower Palaeolithic. Antiquity, 98(398), 305-322. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.30

Hypertrophic ‘giant’ handaxes are a rare component of Acheulean assemblages, yet have been central to debates relating to the social, cognitive and cultural ‘meaning’ of these enigmatic tools. The authors examine giant handaxes from the perspective o... Read More about Big enough to matter: on the frequency and chronology of giant handaxes in the British Lower Palaeolithic.