Young, D. (2017). ISIS HOUSE, 67-69 SOUTHWARK STREET, LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK: Report on the Geoarchaeological Deposit Modelling and Radiocarbon Dating. University of Reading: Quaternary Scientific (Quest). https://doi.org/10.5284/1076403. Cite this using datacite

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	ISIS HOUSE, 67-69 SOUTHWARK STREET, LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK: Report on the Geoarchaeological Deposit Modelling and Radiocarbon Dating
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DOI The DOI (digital object identifier) for the publication or report. DOI	https://doi.org/10.5284/1076403
Publication Type The type of publication - report, monograph, journal article or chapter from a book Publication Type:	Report (in Series)
Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	Geoarchaeological investigations were carried out at the Isis House site in order to: (1) clarify the nature of the sub-surface stratigraphy, and (2) clarify the nature, depth, extent and date of any alluvium and organic/peat deposits. Following the results of the initial deposit modelling exercise, it was recommended that a programme of radiocarbon dating was carried out in order to assess the age of the Peat horizon at the Isis House site in comparison to those already recorded in the area of the Bankside Channel, and to assess the need for subsequent environmental archaeological assessment of the sequence. The results of the deposit modelling indicate that the Isis House site lies towards the main axis of the Bankside Channel: here, a Gravel surface as low as -5m OD is deeper than has been identified elsewhere within the channel. The sequence of Holocene sedimentation overlying the Gravel is similar to that recorded elsewhere within the Bankside Channel, incorporating a horizon of Sand, the silty/sandy Lower Alluvium, Peat, and the clay-rich Upper Alluvium, overlain by modern Made Ground. Here, the Peat is relatively thin, at between 0.4 and 0.6m thick, perhaps indicative of prolonged fluvial activity at this location either preventing the accumulation of peat, or subsequently eroding its surface. The results of the radiocarbon dating indicate that Peat accumulation occurred at the present site during the late Mesolithic/early Neolithic transition, lying within the age and elevation range of the organic deposits at Surrey House, immediately to the east (Batchelor et al., 2012), from where environmental archaeological analysis of a thick Peat sequence has already been carried out. Given the thin nature of the surviving Peat deposits at Isis House, and their contemporary age with the deposits at Surrey House, no further environmental archaeological assessment is therefore recommended.
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	Daniel Young
Publisher The publisher of the publication or report Publisher:	Quaternary Scientific (Quest)
Other Person/Org Other people or organisations for this publication or report Other Person/Org:	Historic England (OASIS Reviewer) Southwark Council (OASIS Reviewer)
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	2017
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. Locations:	Site: Isis House, 67-69 Southwark Street County: Greater London District: Southwark Parish: SOUTHWARK Country: England Grid Reference: 532058, 180193 (Easting, Northing)
Subjects / Periods Subjects / Periods associated with this record. Subjects / Periods:	LATE MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) PEAT (Object England) LATE MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) PEAT (Object England) EVALUATION (Event)
Identifiers Identifiers associated with the publication. These might include DOIs, site codes, Monument Identifiers etc. Identifiers:	OASIS Id: quaterna1-286292 OBIB: Quaternary Scientific (QUEST) Unpublished Report July 2017; Project Number 010/16
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