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Group B
Epoch: Middle Pleistocene; Biozone: Swanscombe MAZ; MIS: 11
Site: 262; Horizon: 660

Group B includes overlying fine-grained sediments and tufa-filled channel (Phase 6/6b, formerly Unit 3)

Archaeology

Industry Database source
Lower Palaeolithic Parfitt, 2015

Fauna

Taxon Family Database source
Soricidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 Soricidae Parfitt, 2015
Sorex minutus Linnaeus, 1766 Soricidae Parfitt, 2015
Sorex sp. Linnaeus, 1758 Soricidae Parfitt, 2015
Neomys sp. Kaup, 1829 Soricidae Parfitt, 2015
Talpa minor (Freudenberg) Talpidae Parfitt, 2015
Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758) Leporidae Parfitt, 2015
Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 Castoridae Parfitt, 2015
Apodemus maastrichtiensis Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Microtus oeconomus (Pallas, 1776) Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Microtus cf. subterraneus (de Selys-Longchamps, 1836) Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Microtus agrestis (Linnaeus, 1761) Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Microtus sp. Schrank, 1798 Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Clethrionomys glareolus (Schreber, 1780) Cricetidae Parfitt, 2015
Arvicola sp. Lacépède, 1799 Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Apodemus sp. Kaup, 1829 Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus, 1758 Sciuridae Parfitt, 2015
Mustela sp. Linnaeus, 1758 Mustelidae Parfitt, 2015
Mustela putorius Linnaeus, 1758 Mustelidae Parfitt, 2015
Macaca sylvanus (Linnaeus, 1758) Cercopithecidae Parfitt, 2015
Homo sp. (archaeological evidence) Linnaeus, 1758 Hominidae Parfitt, 2015
Stephanorhinus hemitoechus (Falconer, 1868) Rhinocerotidae Parfitt, 2015
Dama dama (Linnaeus, 1758) Cervidae Parfitt, 2015
Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) Cervidae Parfitt, 2015
Cervidae indet. Goldfuss, 1820 Cervidae Parfitt, 2015
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758 Cervidae Parfitt, 2015
Palaeoloxodon antiquus (Falconer & Cautley, 1847) Elephantidae Parfitt, 2015

 

Group A
Epoch: Middle Pleistocene; Biozone: Swanscombe MAZ; MIS: 11
Site: 262; Horizon: 271

Group A includes basal fluvial sediments, including Phase 5 (formerly Unit A) and Phase 6

Archaeology

Industry Database source
Lower Palaeolithic Wenban-Smith, 2013

Fauna

Taxon Family Database source
Sorex sp. Linnaeus, 1758 Soricidae Wenban-Smith et al., 2006
Neomys sp. Kaup, 1829 Soricidae Wenban-Smith et al., 2006
Sorex minutus Linnaeus, 1766 Soricidae Parfitt, 2015
Soricidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 Soricidae Parfitt, 2015
Sorex minutus Linnaeus, 1766 Soricidae Wenban-Smith et al., 2006
Talpa minor (Freudenberg) Talpidae Wenban-Smith et al., 2006
Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758) Leporidae Wenban-Smith et al., 2006
Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 Castoridae Wenban-Smith et al., 2006
Microtus sp. Schrank, 1798 Muridae Wenban-Smith et al., 2006
Apodemus sp. Kaup, 1829 Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Microtus cf. subterraneus (de Selys-Longchamps, 1836) Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Microtus oeconomus (Pallas, 1776) Muridae Parfitt, 2015
Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) Muridae Wenban-Smith et al., 2006
Arvicola cantianus (Hinton, 1910) Muridae Wenban-Smith et al., 2006
Clethrionomys glareolus (Schreber, 1780) Cricetidae Wenban-Smith et al., 2006
Spermophilus sp. F. Cuvier, 1825 Sciuridae Wenban-Smith et al., 2006
Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) Felidae Wenban-Smith et al., 2006
Homo sp. (archaeological evidence) Linnaeus, 1758 Hominidae Wenban-Smith et al., 2006
Dihoplus kirchbergensis (Jäger, 1839) Rhinocerotidae Parfitt, 2015
Stephanorhinus hemitoechus (Falconer, 1868) Rhinocerotidae Wenban-Smith et al., 2006
Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 Suidae Wenban-Smith et al., 2006
Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) Cervidae Wenban-Smith et al., 2006
Cervidae indet. Goldfuss, 1820 Cervidae Parfitt, 2015
Dama dama (Linnaeus, 1758) Cervidae Parfitt, 2015
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758 Cervidae Wenban-Smith et al., 2006
Bovini indet. Gray, 1821 Bovidae Wenban-Smith et al., 2006
Elephantidae indet. Gray, 1821 Elephantidae Wenban-Smith et al., 2006
Palaeoloxodon antiquus (Falconer & Cautley, 1847) Elephantidae Wenban-Smith et al., 2006