Young, D. and Batchelor, C. R. (2015). A report on the geoarchaeological borehole investigations and deposit modelling on Land at Alcatel-Lucent Telegraph Works, Blackwall Lane, London Borough Of Greenwich. University of Reading: Quaternary Scientific (Quest). https://doi.org/10.5284/1076238. Cite this using datacite

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	A report on the geoarchaeological borehole investigations and deposit modelling on Land at Alcatel-Lucent Telegraph Works, Blackwall Lane, London Borough Of Greenwich
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	The site appears to lie within a large trough in the Shepperton Gravel surface, representative of at least one major palaeochannel traversing Greenwich Peninsula from west to east. Within the confines of the channel, the Gravel is overlain by a sequence of Alluvium and Peat as recorded elsewhere in the Lower Thames Valley. In the analysed Alcatel-Lucent sequence, the Peat is relatively thin (0.5m) and seemingly accumulated from the beginning to the end of the Neolithic. At Enderby Wharf, the complex of Peat units is around 2m thick dating from the middle Neolithic to late Bronze Age. Despite the location of archaeological structures on edge of the channel to the south at Bellot Street, there is no definitive evidence of human activity within the sequences analysed. The Alcatel Lucent peat deposits do however predate the archaeological remains at Bellot Street, which may explain the lack of evidence for activity. At Alcatel-Lucent, the Peat surface was occupied by limited alder-willow carr woodland, with sedge fen, reed swamp and areas of standing/slowly moving water; by contrast, at Enderby Wharf, a greater amount of alder woodland is indicated. Both sites indicate a dryland occupied by oak-lime dominated mixed deciduous woodland that post-dates the well-documented Neolithic elm decline, however, this woodland signal is stronger at Alcatel Lucent. Towards the end of the Neolithic a shift towards sedge fen, reed swamp and salt-marsh communities is recorded on the floodplain with evidence for a drastic shift from freshwater to estuarine-dominated conditions resulting from a rise in relative sea level. At the same time, a large reduction in mixed deciduous woodland took place on the dryland, probably as a result of human activity from the late Neolithic onwards. Whether the decline of the floodplain and dryland woodland is linked is uncertain, but does seem to be a common feature of woodland within pollen-stratigraphic records from the Lower Thames Valley.
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	Daniel Young C R Batchelor
Publisher The publisher of the publication or report Publisher:	Quaternary Scientific (Quest)
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Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	2015
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. Locations:	Site: Alcatel-Lucent Telegraph Works County: Greater London District: Greenwich Parish: GREENWICH Country: England Grid Reference: 539409, 178721 (Easting, Northing)
Subjects / Periods Subjects / Periods associated with this record. Subjects / Periods:	NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) PEAT (Object England) NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) PEAT (Monus)
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