CANCELLED INQUA Congress 2019 (Pst:QG/ArchL-5: ): The Quaternary of the Isles of Scilly
Unfortunately this trip did not receive enough bookings to be financially viable, and has been cancelled as of the start of April 2019.
Date: 1st – 5th August 2019
Leader: James Scourse
Contact email: j.scourse@exeter.ac.uk; QRA administrator, Mrs Val Siviter, admin@qra.org.uk
Guide price: (includes accommodation, transport, all meals and transport from Exeter airport)
£845 single accommodation; £760 shared accommodation
CANCELLED INQUA Congress 2019 (Pst:QG/ArchL-5: ): The Quaternary of the Isles of Scilly
Unfortunately this trip did not receive enough bookings to be financially viable, and has been cancelled as of the start of April 2019.
Date: 1st – 5th August 2019
Leader: James Scourse
Contact email: j.scourse@exeter.ac.uk; QRA administrator, Mrs Val Siviter, admin@qra.org.uk
Guide price: (includes accommodation, transport, all meals and transport from Exeter airport)
£845 single accommodation; £760 shared accommodation

The
Isles of Scilly have been recognised as a classic Pleistocene locality for some
50 years following a seminal paper by Frank Mitchell and Tony Orme who mapped a
clear ice limit across the archipelago. The excursion will review the
stratigraphic and morphological evidence for this ice limit and review the
application of combined dating methods recently used to constrain its age
within the context of the BRITICE-CHRONO project. Sequences of glacial,
periglacial, littoral, aeolian and full glacial organic sediments will be
examined in open coastal cliff sections. Scilly is also exceptional
archaeologically, described as the “Isles of the Dead” based on the profusion
of burial structures, and the excursion will visit Mesolithic, Neolithic,
Bronze Age and some more recent sites in the context of changing Holocene
palaeoenvironments and relative sea level. The wealth of Quaternary geological
and archaeological sites alongside great natural beauty – stunning beaches,
crystal clear sea, benevolent climate with sub-tropical gardens – make Scilly a
beguiling and enchanting place to visit for Quaternarists and accompanying
participants alike. Please note that transport will be on foot on all days and
will involve quite long treks over sometimes rough terrain; transport to off
islands will be by boat taxi.