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Metadata: Re-assessment of the archaeological potential of continental shelves
Abstract:
The Re-assessment of the archaeological potential of continental shelves project is funded through the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund as disbursed by English Heritage. The project assessed the current state of our knowledge and the archaeological potential of marine landscapes for both pre-historic and historic periods on a global basis. The specific geographical areas of interest to this study are the continental shelves which can be defined as the submerged parts of the continental margin, which slope very gently seawards, from the coastal zone (> 0 m depth) to the shelf break (c. 100 - 250 m water depth). Wide (10's - 100's km's) continental shelves are typically associated with passive margins (tectonically benign) which are relatively shallow (e.g. the east coast of North America). Narrow (km's) shelves usually denote active tectonism (e.g. the west coast of South America). In general these latter shelves are also deeper and steeper. On a global average, the shelf is c. 78 km wide, with an average depth of the shelf break being c.135 m. These large scale features aside, the morphology and sedimentology of individual continental shelves is dictated by the complex interplay of both modern and geo-historical factors, including: global and regional fluctuations in sea-level; variability in sediment input rates and sources; and finally modes and rates of sediment transport. Inevitably, these processes not only affect the geological variability of shelves but also play a major role in determining their archaeological potential.
Data holder:
Archaeology Data Service
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 11259 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | Re-assessment of the archaeological potential of continental shelves |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | 15b8af58a874b186338f6d392adb9d0c |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | COLL_ID_1000866 |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | dataset |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2003-03-03 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2004-03-30 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | inapplicable |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | notPlanned |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | The Re-assessment of the archaeological potential of continental shelves project is funded through the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund as disbursed by English Heritage. The project assessed the current state of our knowledge and the archaeological potential of marine landscapes for both pre-historic and historic periods on a global basis. The specific geographical areas of interest to this study are the continental shelves which can be defined as the submerged parts of the continental margin, which slope very gently seawards, from the coastal zone (> 0 m depth) to the shelf break (c. 100 - 250 m water depth). Wide (10's - 100's km's) continental shelves are typically associated with passive margins (tectonically benign) which are relatively shallow (e.g. the east coast of North America). Narrow (km's) shelves usually denote active tectonism (e.g. the west coast of South America). In general these latter shelves are also deeper and steeper. On a global average, the shelf is c. 78 km wide, with an average depth of the shelf break being c.135 m. These large scale features aside, the morphology and sedimentology of individual continental shelves is dictated by the complex interplay of both modern and geo-historical factors, including: global and regional fluctuations in sea-level; variability in sediment input rates and sources; and finally modes and rates of sediment transport. Inevitably, these processes not only affect the geological variability of shelves but also play a major role in determining their archaeological potential. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | This dataset was collected by Justin Dix, Rory Quinn, Kieran Westley and provided to the Archaeology Data Service for long term archive and management. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | NDGO0005 | |
| Keyword title | data.gov.uk | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Buildings |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Protected sites | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fish aggregating device usage statistics | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Man-made structures | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine archaeology | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 62.3819 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 8.4858 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 43.4261 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -16.0768 |
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | Archaeology Data Service | |
| help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | University of Southampton | |
| arch@soton.ac.uk | ||
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | Archaeology Data Service | |
| help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | University of Southampton | |
| arch@soton.ac.uk | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Archaeology Data Service | |
| help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://doi.org/10.5284/1000039 |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20.1 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 20.2 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | This states any limitations on access to the data. Multiple occurences are allowed here. One entry shall be from the INSPIRE Metadata registry and the other free text should be part of the resource `Have specific limitations`. | https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/advice/termsOfUseAndAccess |
| 21.1 Conditions for Access and Use - Use constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 21.2 Conditions for Access and Use - Other constraints | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/advice/termsOfUseAndAccess |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Documents |
| Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Documents (PDF) | |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2008-10-17 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-19 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2025-12-04 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 3.1.2 |