Halsey, C. J. (2010). Urban Sustainability Centre, Royal Victoria Docks, London E16. A geoarchaeological and archaeological evaluation report. MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology). https://doi.org/10.5284/1076483. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Urban Sustainability Centre, Royal Victoria Docks, London E16. A geoarchaeological and archaeological evaluation report
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Abstract:		 The investigations consisted of geotechnical monitoring and a geoarchaeological borehole survey. The site occupies a low lying part of the Thames floodplain which formed an active channel belt throughout most of the Holocene epoch (i.e. the last 10 000 years). Late Pleistocene gravels were overlain by sands deposited in a partially braided, multi threaded channel. These deposits may date from the Late Glacial or Early Holocene period (c 15 000-10 000 years ago). Above these sands occurred a series of finely laminated clay silts and fine sands interspersed with thin lenses of organics. These were deposited within a wide, single threaded lower energy fluvial environment. The accumulation of the thin organics may relate to episodic channel cut off, which allowed partial vegetation to develop in backswamp areas. These deposits are likely to have accumulated between 10 000 to 2000 years ago (i.e. the Mesolithic to Iron Age period). By the Iron Age the effects of relative sea level rise began to influence the site. The freshwater river transformed to an estuarine environment, resulting in the deposition of intertidal muds within marginal mudflats and salt marsh. The tidal inundation caused aggradation across the floodplain surface raising up the topography significantly. This protected the site from frequent flooding allowing accretionary alluvial soils to develop. These would have consisted of semi terrestrial grasslands, episodically flooded.
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Author:		 C J Halsey
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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:		 2010
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Site: Urban Sustainability Centre, Royal Victoria Docks, Silvertown Way
County: Greater London
District: Newham
Parish: CANNING TOWN
Country: England
Grid Reference: 540020, 180640 (Easting, Northing)
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EARLY MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) PALAEOCHANNEL (Monument Type England)
LATE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) PALAEOCHANNEL (Monument Type England)
AUGER SURVEY (Event)
ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING (Event)
TEST PIT (Event)
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OASIS Id: molas1-84951
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Note:		 A4 bound report, with evaluation results and a geoarchaeological deposit model
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Created Date:		 30 Apr 2020