Corcoran, J., Halsey, C. and Howell, I. J. (2005). Site 25 (Phase 1) New Aquatics Centre Carpenter's Road Newham E15: an archaeological evaluation report. MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology). https://doi.org/10.5284/1007269. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Site 25 (Phase 1) New Aquatics Centre Carpenter's Road Newham E15: an archaeological evaluation report
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Series:		 Museum of London Archaeology unpublished report series
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Ten evaluation trenches machine excavated through alluvial deposits (lying between 1-3m OD) recorded the lateral migration of a tributary channel of the Lea during the prehistoric period, which has been dated by five radiocarbon samples. The base of the alluvial sequence was not seen, but previous geotechnical boreholes suggest the surface of Pleistocene gravel lies between 0-1m OD. The earliest deposits observed were tufa-rich sands and date to the Early Neolithic or before. Butchered bone and worked wood was found in a peaty landsurface of Neolithic date developed at the surface of the sand and worked wood dating to the Bronze Age had been washed-up as driftwood at the margins of the later river. Environmental samples, comprising overlapping monoliths and adjacent bulks for future off-site examination were taken from five profiles, spanning the earliest to latest deposition on the site. The sampled profiles targeted hollows, infilled with humic silts and clays, which had developed behind successive sand banks and formed marshy backwater areas. The site would have lain within an active fluvial environment during the prehistoric period and a seasonally flooded meadowland in historic times. A buried soil and turfline, representing the landsurface existing prior to the 19th-20th century industrial development of the site was recorded at just below 3m OD. It was sealed by about 2m of modern made ground, with the modern groundsurface generally around 5m OD.
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Author:		 J Corcoran
C Halsey
Isca J Howell
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Publisher:		 MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2005
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Site: Site 25 (Phase 1) Carpenters Road E15
Parish: STRATFORD
Country: England
District: Newham
County: Greater London
Grid Reference: 537845, 184470 (Easting, Northing)
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NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) Cut Bone (Find)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) Worked Wood (Find)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) WATERCOURSE (Monument Type England)
ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING (Event)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
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OASIS Id: molas1-9050
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Created Date:		 24 Nov 2016