K.D. Strutt

Recent work at the Lower Palaeolithic site of Corfe Mullen, Dorset, England

Changes in the geological interpretation of the history of the ancient Solent river basin have focused attention on the handaxes discovered in the Corfe Mullen area during quarrying before the Second World War. Recent geological research suggests that the fluvial terrace the handaxes are associated with may pre-date the Anglian glaciation. This is important because it contributes to the question of just when the Solent basin was first occupied by hominins, and how this relates to other areas of possible contemporary pre-Anglian occupation such as the Boxgrove Marine embayment. However, the artefacts were believed to come from the bluff of the river terrace and were thus not in situ. This paper explores that question and re-examines the context from which the handaxes at Corfe Mullen were discovered.

Theban harbours and waterscapes survey, 2013

Report on the 2014 season of the Theban Harbours and Waterscapes Survey. The paper discusses topographic survey and data correction for the West Bank of Thebes and geoarchaeological investigation of the Temple of Millions of Years of Amenhotep III and the area to the east of the Ramesseum.

Geophysical survey in the grounds of Dartington Hall, Devon

A geophysical survey was conducted at Dartington Hall (Devon) with the aim of locating and mapping buried structural remains associated with the Hall. The survey focused on two survey areas—the lawn immediately to the east of the Hall, and an area within the lower gardens of the Hall grounds. The survey successfully located a number of archaeological features associated with the kitchen buildings and east range of the Hall, together with other structures to the east of the main complex.

Theban Harbours and Waterscapes Survey, Spring 2016

Report on the 2016 spring season of the Theban Harbours and Waterscapes Survey (THaWS). The article discusses the geoarchaeological and geophysical survey along a 3.2 km-long transect starting close to the front of the Temple of Millions of Years of Ay and Horemheb and stretching to the village of Geziret el-Bairat on the West Bank of the Nile.