Being an archaeologist is a handy thing if, like me, you’re fascinated by nature, as we tend to spend a lot of our time in very close proximity to the ground and so get to see some very specific ecosystems. Recently, I have been excavating a large cut feature on a very wet, poorly drained, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘ecology’
Fauna in field drains
Posted in ecology, tagged ecology, fauna, nature on March 5, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Alien snails
Posted in ecology, shells, snails, tagged ecology, snails, Somerset, yeovil on February 5, 2009 | 7 Comments »
This week non-native species of land snail have been on my mind a lot, as I was analysing an archaeological asssemblage which contained some Cornu aspersum Müller 1774, a species usually described as having been introduced back in Roman times. Walking in Yeovil this morning, I spotted a shell I had not seen locally before. [...]
Snails from Henlade, Somerset, UK
Posted in ecology, sites, snails, tagged ecology, snails, Somerset, South West, tribute on December 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For the past two weeks, I have been part of a team excavating a site near to Henlade in Somerset. While on the site, I decided to opportunistically collect a few (modern) empty snail shells, to see what has been living there. I’ve targeted two areas so far, a small shaded area at the [...]
