Locock, M. (2000). Archaeological Prospection and Evaluation in the Severn Levels, 1989-1999, Developing a Methodology. Archaeology in the Severn Estuary 11. Vol 11, pp. 143-161. https://doi.org/10.5284/1069478. Cite this via datacite
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Archaeological Prospection and Evaluation in the Severn Levels, 1989-1999, Developing a Methodology | ||
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developing a methodology | ||
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Archaeology in the Severn Estuary 11 | ||
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Archaeology in the Severn Estuary | ||
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143 - 161 | ||
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The recognition of prehistoric and later archaeological features exposed by erosion on the Severn foreshore in the 1980s prompted an increased interest in the potential of the equivalent deposits behind the sea wall. The main practical problems were how to locate sites masked by subsequent sediment deposition and how to define areas of high and low potential in the absence of models of site distribution and palaeotopography. In this paper the strategies adopted for a series of major construction projects on the Levels are discussed, demonstrating the shift in focus away from the long-term natural sequence towards specific horizons considered likely to relate human activity, alongside an increased confidence in our ability to define areas and periods of high potential. The main projects discussed are the Rumney Alternative Feeding Grounds (J 989), Second Severn Crossing (English Approaches) evaluation (1991), Barland's Farm/Europark (1993), Goldclif.f Wetlands Reserve (1996), Cabot Park (1994-1999) and Europark Wilkinsons (1999). The types of feature typical o.f theforeshore archaeology first recognised have proved to be unrepresentative of the full range of the buried resource, which is in many ways comparable to 'dry land' archaeology. There has been considerable experimentation with methods of site prospection, with limited results. Deep cores from boreholes and augers have proved only partially effective at locating horizons of interest, and trenching remains the main method. Aerial photography and archaeomagnetism have limited application, but geophysical techniques are beginning to have some success, particularly caesium vapour magnetometry. Despite the undoubted progress that the decade has seen, the approach to the evaluation of sites on the Levels remains at the forefront of debates about how far it is reasonable to require developers to undertake extensive archaeological work to address a possible but unproven 'interest '. Even when evaluation is carried out, planning policies which permit development on the levels effectively consign parts of a significant archaeological resource to unseen destruction. | ||
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