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Metadata: The Submerged Pleistocene Landscapes of the Wallet, off Clacton
Abstract:
Recent Historic England (HE) projects identified the need for a greater appreciation of the Pleistocene submerged landscapes around the coast of England (Westley et al. 2013; Sturt et al. 2015). This type of research is essential in order to move towards a coherent understanding of the relationship between the currently terrestrial fragments of Palaeolithic landscapes and those that have been obscured by Holocene sea-level rise. As a preliminary stage in the testing of this type of research, this project aimed to demonstrate the value of derived animal bones for providing targeted locations of submerged Pleistocene deposits. This was a three phase process: the first of which involved establishing the zone of archaeological interest as shown by the trawlerderived faunal material, which was then refined using swath data acquired previous to this project. The second phase required the collection of further geophysical data, immediately prior to the dives. This included side scan sonar and sub-bottom data in order to further direct the dive sites and to assess any changes since the original swath survey. Finally, diver groundtruthing was carried out to search for faunal material and to recover short cores for analysis of seabed sediments. This was crucial in order to gain a better understanding of the context and taphonomic history of the specimens and of the now-submerged landscapes in this part of the southern North Sea. Furthermore, as originally identified through discussions with the local trawling community, this project aimed to develop and extend these relationships.
Data holder:
Archaeology Data Service
Use constraints:
Copyright belongs to Historic England. https://historicengland.org.uk/terms/
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 541 |
| 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. | The Submerged Pleistocene Landscapes of the Wallet, off Clacton |
| 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. | 212243bc-8111-3b1f-ad0b-c0fb8abbb24c |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | englishh2-307043 |
| 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 | 2017-08-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2017-08-30 |
| 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. | Recent Historic England (HE) projects identified the need for a greater appreciation of the Pleistocene submerged landscapes around the coast of England (Westley et al. 2013; Sturt et al. 2015). This type of research is essential in order to move towards a coherent understanding of the relationship between the currently terrestrial fragments of Palaeolithic landscapes and those that have been obscured by Holocene sea-level rise. As a preliminary stage in the testing of this type of research, this project aimed to demonstrate the value of derived animal bones for providing targeted locations of submerged Pleistocene deposits. This was a three phase process: the first of which involved establishing the zone of archaeological interest as shown by the trawlerderived faunal material, which was then refined using swath data acquired previous to this project. The second phase required the collection of further geophysical data, immediately prior to the dives. This included side scan sonar and sub-bottom data in order to further direct the dive sites and to assess any changes since the original swath survey. Finally, diver groundtruthing was carried out to search for faunal material and to recover short cores for analysis of seabed sediments. This was crucial in order to gain a better understanding of the context and taphonomic history of the specimens and of the now-submerged landscapes in this part of the southern North Sea. Furthermore, as originally identified through discussions with the local trawling community, this project aimed to develop and extend these relationships. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | This metadata was prepared by the creator entered into the OASIS system hosted by the Archaeology Data Service. |
| Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | Bynoe, R. (2017) Investigating the Submerged Pleistocene Landscapes of the Wallet, off Clacton, 82/2017. Historic England: Portsmouth |
| 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 | Geology | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Hydrography | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Land cover | |
| 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 | Bottom Texture | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sediment Type | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Ice age | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine archaeology | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sediment grain size parameters | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Side-scan sonar | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Multibeam Backscatter | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.8002 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.2153 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.8 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.2151 |
| 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 distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Historic England, Portsmouth | |
| Individual name | Research Establishment Fort Cumberland | |
| Position name | Historic England | |
| Res.reports@HistoricEngland.org.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | University of Southampton | |
| Individual name | Rachel Bynoe | |
| Position name | Lecturer in Archaeology | |
| rachel.bynoe@soton.ac.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Historic England, Portsmouth | |
| Individual name | Research Establishment Fort Cumberland | |
| Position name | Historic England | |
| Res.reports@HistoricEngland.org.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | DASSH, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitat Data | |
| Individual name | Eric Greenhough | |
| dassh.enquiries@mba.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 | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | http://dx.doi.org/10.5284/1046430 |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | otherRestrictions | |
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | This states any limitations on access to the data and uses free text. | Copyright belongs to Historic England. https://historicengland.org.uk/terms/ |
| 21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | 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. | Copyright belongs to Historic England. Please see Historic England Terms and Conditions. |
| 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. | 2018-01-24 |
| 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. | 2021-05-06 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery metadata standard |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 2.3.8 |