This is the web-site that contains the database for the analyses of the lithic material collected along the River Tweed. It primarily comprises the material from the fieldwalking assays undertaken under the auspices of the ‘Uncovering the Tweed’ project that has been led by AOC Archaeology. As more material becomes available, from both excavations and the investigation of collections, this material will be appended to the database and analyses amended accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The principal collection is presently that collected in the vicinity of Paxton, in Hutton parish, in the Lower Tweed Valley. Material has been collected in the fields between the River Tweed and the River Whiteadder on thick clay soils. A congeries of finds have been made, representing occupation from the Mesolithic and onward into the Bronze Age. Most of the material, though, appears to belong to the Mesolithic albeit there is frustratingly few microliths that might help assign the occupation to a more narrow temporal episode. The fieldwalking has been complemented by a campaign of test-pitting and shovel testing, as part of a programme to identify concentrations of material; this might result in further excavations to locate features such as pits, hearths, and so on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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