Snape, L. and Shaw, A. (2021). Guildford Sewage Treatment Works (STW) Relocation - Outfall Pipeline Palaeolithic Archaeological and Georcheological Evaluation. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1117420. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Guildford Sewage Treatment Works (STW) Relocation - Outfall Pipeline Palaeolithic Archaeological and Georcheological Evaluation
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to undertake an archaeological and geoarchaeological borehole survey of Quaternary deposits within the footprint of the route of the outfall pipeline to the River Wey associated with a proposed new sewage treatment works located at Slyfield, Guildford, Surrey This demonstrated the Quaternary deposits are present within the proposed route. The deposits consist of a complex sequence of higher and lower energy alluvial deposits, likely reflecting climatic, environmental and landscape change from the later Pleistocene through the Holocene. The evaluation recorded a complex sequence of higher and lower energy alluvial deposits associated with the River Wey, likely reflecting climatic, environmental and landscape change from the later Pleistocene and through the Holocene. These sequences can be tentatively correlated to deposits identified during previous phases of evaluation carried out in advance of the proposed sewage treatment works (WA 2021a; 2021b). The deposits present include units that may be broadly equivalent to those in the wider area which have produced late Upper Palaeolithic (OA 2016, Barton et al. 2020) and Mesolithic (Bishop 2008) archaeology. However, no archaeological features were identified, and only residual artefacts of prehistoric to modern date were recovered from the modern soil profile. Given high concentration of archaeological trenches and test pits, the results demonstrate that specific deposits at the outfall pipeline location have low archaeological potential. The paleoenvironmental potential of the Quaternary deposits in the evaluation area was assessed to be generally low. However, a possibly organic clay was identified that may have palaeoenvironment potential. These clays could contain evidence which would add to the broad landscape context of the late upper Palaoelithic and Mesolithic archaeology from the wider study area. Deposits with potential for Optical Luminescence Dating (OSL) were encountered and sampled. Establishing a firmer chronology for these deposits is of central importance for placing the deposits within the Site, and those containing Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic archaeology in the wider area, within a secure context, as well as for establishing the age of the potential organic deposits with possible paleoenvironmental potential that have been identified and sampled during the evaluation.
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Author:		 L. Snape
A. Shaw
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2021
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District: Guildford
Country: England
Parish: Guildford, unparished area
County: Surrey
Grid Reference: 500515, 152585 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-428086
OBIB: 237163.3
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Created Date:		 12 Feb 2024