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Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by English Heritage, funded through the Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund to conduct a project concerning the application of geophysical and geotechnical/seabed sampling methodologies to marine aggregate deposits that have been demonstrated to contain potential pre-Devensian or Devensian artefactual material. Artefactual material, including hand axes, flakes, cores and faunal remains were recovered from dredging licence Area 240 in 2008, situated approximately 11km off the coast of Great Yarmouth. The findings show that significant archaeological material can be present in deposits that are being targeted for marine aggregate extraction. The place where the finds were dredged is relatively discrete, and the provenance of the artefacts is secure. The area where the hand axes were recovered is currently subject to a rectangular exclusion zone based on dredger trackplots, implemented voluntarily by HAML in accordance with the BMAPA/EH Protocol. The principal aim of the project is to improve the future management of the potential effects of aggregate dredging on the marine historic environment by developing techniques to evaluating the source of prehistoric artefactual material discovered in the East Coast region. This report presents the findings of Stage 3: seabed sampling and discusses the seabed sampling methodologies and results of the sampling. Based on the results of Stages 1 and 2, a sampling survey was conducted with the aim of assessing the capability of established seabed sampling methodologies to enable observations of prehistoric artefacts, palaeo-environmental material and their spatial distributions. The seabed sampling involved acquisition of video and stills photography, beam trawling and clamshell grabbing. Although the survey was curtailed by poor weather, detailed sampling was conducted along three transects, two in the south (T1 and T2) and one in the north of the area (T3).
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Other details | ||
Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 3677 |
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. | SEABED PREHISTORY: SITE EVALUATION TECHNIQUES (AREA 240). SEABED SAMPLING |
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. | 6bd231e4-682b-342c-a6ba-5e6f43fc9c83 |
Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | wessexar1-72713 |
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 | 2009-04-27 |
End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2009-08-04 |
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. | Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by English Heritage, funded through the Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund to conduct a project concerning the application of geophysical and geotechnical/seabed sampling methodologies to marine aggregate deposits that have been demonstrated to contain potential pre-Devensian or Devensian artefactual material. Artefactual material, including hand axes, flakes, cores and faunal remains were recovered from dredging licence Area 240 in 2008, situated approximately 11km off the coast of Great Yarmouth. The findings show that significant archaeological material can be present in deposits that are being targeted for marine aggregate extraction. The place where the finds were dredged is relatively discrete, and the provenance of the artefacts is secure. The area where the hand axes were recovered is currently subject to a rectangular exclusion zone based on dredger trackplots, implemented voluntarily by HAML in accordance with the BMAPA/EH Protocol. The principal aim of the project is to improve the future management of the potential effects of aggregate dredging on the marine historic environment by developing techniques to evaluating the source of prehistoric artefactual material discovered in the East Coast region. This report presents the findings of Stage 3: seabed sampling and discusses the seabed sampling methodologies and results of the sampling. Based on the results of Stages 1 and 2, a sampling survey was conducted with the aim of assessing the capability of established seabed sampling methodologies to enable observations of prehistoric artefacts, palaeo-environmental material and their spatial distributions. The seabed sampling involved acquisition of video and stills photography, beam trawling and clamshell grabbing. Although the survey was curtailed by poor weather, detailed sampling was conducted along three transects, two in the south (T1 and T2) and one in the north of the area (T3). |
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. | Tizzard, L and Russell, J (2010) Seabed Prehistory: Site Evaluation Techniques (Area 240). Seabed Sampling, 70752.02. Wessex Archaeology: Salisbury |
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 | Protected sites | |
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 | Rock age | |
General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sediment age | |
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 | 53.0657 |
East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.6215 |
South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.0655 |
West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.6213 |
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 | |
Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
Organisation name | Archaeology Data Service | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Archaeology Data Service | |
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 | |
Resource locators | ||
Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | http://dx.doi.org/10.5284/1007646 |
Dataset constraints | ||
20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | ISO restriction code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | otherRestrictions |
20 Limitations on Public Access – Other constraints | Any restriction on the use of the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | Terms and Conditions apply to reuse. |
21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | Any restrictions imposed on accessing the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | Restrictions Apply |
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. | 2010-11-24 |
Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2010-11-24 |
Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2009-08-04 |
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 |
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