Playing with Giant Ideas: new evidence from excavations at the Cerne Abbas Giant, Dorset.
Dr Mike Allen, a leading environmental archaeologist and the former environmental manager at Wessex Archaeology, has published over a dozen books, including the text book ‘Molluscs in Archaeology’. This lecture explored the use of environmental techniques to address the tricky problem of dating a hill figure. He explained how OSL - Optically stimulated luminescence - and snails were used to date the Cerne Abbas Giant.
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Digging into the Cerne Abbas Giant
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4 Hours Of Digging For Britain's Most Impressive Discoveries
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