Wessex Archaeology (2006). Units 300/305, 310/315/320/325 and 400 Riverside Way, Uxbridge, Hillingdon: evaluation. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1001732. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Units 300/305, 310/315/320/325 and 400 Riverside Way, Uxbridge, Hillingdon: evaluation
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 An evaluation was carried out by Wessex Archaeology on land to be redeveloped as industrial warehouses. The site lies in the Lower Colne valley, an area identified as having high potential for the preservation of significant Late Upper Palaeolithic and Early Mesolithic environments and in situ remains of human occupation. Four machine-dug trenches were excavated but no archaeological features were found. Only one artefact, a heavily rolled and abraded piece of worked flint, a core rejuvenation tablet of possible Neolithic date, was recovered. A significant sequence of Holocene alluvial deposits dating back to near the Last Glacial maximum was recorded, however. The sequence was sampled for palaeo-environmental analyses and radiocarbon dating. The recorded pollen and sedimentary sequences are typical of other early post-glacial (pre-Boreal, Boreal and Atlantic) sequences reported in the vicinity and show a typical sediment sequence of alluvium and tufaceous deposits, peat and alluvium. These start in the Late Devensian/early post-glacial period. Peat formation starts at around 8340 - 8040 cal BC, at the pine maxima and the rise in hazel. This is accompanied by high levels of macroscopic charcoal and may relate to some charred macro-remains of dock in the same sequence. Given the absence of direct evidence of human activity at the site, interpretation of the results of the palaeo-environmental analyses is difficult. However, the pollen assessment shows major zones of microscopic charcoals which probably represent human activity of early Holocene date nearby.
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Author:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2006
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Site: Units 300/305, 310/315/320/325 and 400 Riverside Way, Uxbridge, London Borough of Hillingdon
County: Greater London
District: Hillingdon
Parish: UXBRIDGE
Country: England
Grid Reference: 504865, 183893 (Easting, Northing)
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MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) ECOFACTS (Object England)
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) ECOFACTS (Object England)
ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING (Event)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-15082
OBIB: Report no. 59990.02
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Note:		 A4 soft-bound, 34 pages plus plans and maps
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018