Shaw, A. (2018). Land at Greylands Lane, Swanscombe, Kent - Pleistocene Geoarchaeological Test Pitting Evaluation. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1090254. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land at Greylands Lane, Swanscombe, Kent - Pleistocene Geoarchaeological Test Pitting Evaluation
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to carry out a Pleistocene geoarchaeological evaluation through a program of test pitting of a 1.73 ha parcel of land located west of Craylands Lane, Swanscombe, Kent. The evaluation area is centred on NGR 559785 174922. A previous desk based assessment and walkover survey (ASE 2005) had demonstrated that, although large areas of the evaluation area had been previously quarried to chalk bedrock, Pleistocene deposits were likely to be preserved in the south-eastern portion of the evaluation area. To evaluate the Pleistocene geoarchaeological potential of these deposits direct geoarchaeological prospection was required. The evaluation established that Quaternary deposits are confined to two areas in the south-west portion of evaluation area. The deposits preserved in these areas consist of material infilling a valley cut through the chalk; this ran approximately south-west to north-east through the evaluation area prior to quarrying. The sequence reflects material deposited by slope process over an extended period, likely from the late Pleistocene to the Holocene. The potential for the deposits to preserve artefacts and ecofacts was assessed. Gravelly horizons within the Holocene colluvium contained reworked lithic artefacts; such evidence was absent from all other deposits. Environmental evidence was present in some deposits, in all cases this either results from, or has been heavily impacted upon, by recent bioturbation. Deposits from this site have been correlated with other depsoits close by but outside of this site boundary, the results of which are in the report. Based on the results of this evaluation the Pleistocene and Palaeolithic potential of the deposits across the evaluation area can be regarded as low to none and no further work is recommended.
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Author:		 A Shaw
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Kent SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2018
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Site: Land at Craylands Lane
County: Kent
District: Dartford
Parish: SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE
Country: England
Grid Reference: 559785, 174922 (Easting, Northing)
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ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING (Event)
TEST PIT (Event)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) FLINT (Find)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-424429
OBIB: 204360.02
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Note:		 A4 unbound unpublished client report - oasis only digital deposition of report
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Created Date:		 29 Oct 2021