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Samantha
Paul
Research Fellow
School of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology
University of Birmingham
This project has built on a number of significant aggregate related projects funded in the Trent Valley under previous rounds of the ALSF. The significant corpus of archaeological knowledge gathered for this valley floor provides arguably the best (national) opportunity to develop and test a model for archaeological decision making with respect to risk and for the direct transfer of this knowledge to the minerals industry via the regional HERs.
In simple terms, such models should allow any mineral operator, or other non archaeological stakeholder, to identify a parcel of land for aggregate extraction, consult the HER and to gain a first level of understanding of the likely archaeological value of that land (and hence an assessment of mitigation costs). It is anticipated that the development of such an approach will provide the following benefits to both the aggregates industry and heritage management community: