Discoveries from La Manche: Five Years of Early Prehistoric Research in the Channel Island of Jersey

Matt Pope (1) , Beccy Scott (2) , Josie Mills (1) , Martin Bates (3) , Richard Bates (4) , Ed Blinkhorn (1) , Chantal Conneller (5) , Sarah Duffy (1) , Marie-Anne Julien (6) , Anne-Lyse Ravon (7, 8) , Andrew Shaw (6)

1 UCL - University College of London [London]
2 British Museum
3 University of Wales
4 School of Geography and Geosciences [St Andrews]
5 University of Manchester [Manchester]
6 University of Southampton
7 CReAAH - Centre de Recherche en Archéologie, Archéosciences, Histoire
8 UR - Université de Rennes

Since 2010 a new field project drawn from major UK institutions including theUCL Institute of Archaeology, has focused research on the Palaeolithic and Mesolithicrecord of the Channel Island of Jersey. In this retrospective of five years ofresearch the history of the project to date, its focus on the Middle Palaeolithicsite of La Cotte de St Brelade and its growth into an international research teamis charted. The formation of the La Manche Prehistorique research network in2015 marks a new chapter in the development of this project. With its widerfocus, but continued commitment to research in the Channel Islands, the researchgroup are working towards a unified early prehistoric research framework for theEnglish Channel region.

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Humanities and Social Sciences; Archaeology and Prehistory

Matt Pope, Beccy Scott, Josie Mills, Martin Bates, Richard Bates, et al.. Discoveries from La Manche: Five Years of Early Prehistoric Research in the Channel Island of Jersey. Archaeology international, 2015, 18, pp.113-123. ⟨10.5334/ai.1813⟩. ⟨hal-02419879⟩