Yendell, V. (2010). Green Level Pumping Station, Erith, London DA8. Geoarchaeological Watching Brief Report . MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology). https://doi.org/10.5284/1076689. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Green Level Pumping Station, Erith, London DA8. Geoarchaeological Watching Brief Report
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Series:		 Museum of London Archaeology unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1076689
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 The examination of the watching brief sections and the window samples and boreholes from previous phases of work has enabled the characterisation of the subsurface deposits across the site, and provided a basis for the understanding of the evolution of the landscape from the Late Glacial to the present day. The work illustrates the complex nature of the landscape as a progressively inundated land surface, with periods of hiatus, as water level rose, as a result of relative sea level change, during the Holocene. The surface of the Pleistocene deposits forms the basic topography for much of the Holocene. An area of high gravel (a gravel island) was found to the east of the site and a low area of gravel, representing the route of an early Holocene channel was recorded to the centre of site. The gravel island would have remained high dry ground for much of the Mesolithic and early Neolithic and would have been an ideal base for past humans to venture out from and exploit the rich marginal wetland resources. The broad stratigraphic units found on site were basal sand and gravels; fluvial sands banked around the gravel island; organic clays and silty sands representing sluggish flow and pools of standing water in the area of low lying gravel; peat deposits representing a wooded wetland again concentrated in the central area of low lying gravel; increased sedimentation and the formation of fine grained minerogenic mudflats; overlain by wooded peat deposits; and finally alluvial silts and clays.
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Author:		 Virgil Yendell ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Greater London HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2010
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Site: Green Level Pumping Station, Mulberry Way
County: Greater London
District: Bexley
Parish: ERITH
Country: England
Grid Reference: 550690, 179675 (Easting, Northing)
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BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPOSIT (Monus)
EARLY NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPOSIT (Monus)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPOSIT (Monus)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: molas1-83628
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Note:		 A4 client report
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Created Date:		 30 Apr 2020