Assessing the impact of water draw-down on archaeology in aggregate areas
Archaeo-Environment Ltd, Capita Symonds, 2015. https://doi.org/10.5284/1032008. How to cite using this DOI
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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1032008
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Introduction
This ALSF funded project was designed to to develop a Dynamic Baseline Methodology (DBM) to assist in the basic interpretation of water environment monitoring data in order to differentiate background changes (both natural and anthropogenic) in the water environment within sand and gravel deposit areas.
Quarrying may have a wide range of impacts upon the water environment (both above and below ground) if unmitigated. In particular, the effects of dewatering and the associated radius of influence have been found to be potentially detrimental to the preservation of buried artefacts as a result of changes in saturation, aeration and / or water quality.
The project undertook high-resolution, baseline hydrological and water chemistry monitoring programmes at two case study sites at Newington Quarry and Over Quarry.
