212243bc-8111-3b1f-ad0b-c0fb8abbb24c English dataset Archaeology Data Service help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk pointOfContact 2021-05-06 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 The Submerged Pleistocene Landscapes of the Wallet, off Clacton 2018-01-24 publication englishh2-307043 http://oasis.ac.uk 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. Rachel Bynoe University of Southampton Lecturer in Archaeology rachel.bynoe@soton.ac.uk originator Research Establishment Fort Cumberland Historic England, Portsmouth Historic England Res.reports@HistoricEngland.org.uk originator Eric Greenhough DASSH, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitat Data dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk originator Archaeology Data Service help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk custodian notPlanned Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Geology Hydrography Land cover Protected sites GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Bottom Texture Seabed Texture Boundaries 2010-09-18 creation Sediment Type none 2011-01-20 creation Marine UNESCO 2003-01-01 creation Ice age Marine archaeology Sediment grain size parameters Side-scan sonar SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Multibeam Backscatter Gardline 2012-03-16 creation Copyright belongs to Historic England. Please see Historic England Terms and Conditions. otherRestrictions Copyright belongs to Historic England. https://historicengland.org.uk/terms/ English geoscientificInformation inlandWaters imageryBaseMapsEarthCover environment 1.2151 1.2153 51.8000 51.8002 2017-08-01 2017-08-30 Bynoe, R. (2017) Investigating the Submerged Pleistocene Landscapes of the Wallet, off Clacton, 82/2017. Historic England: Portsmouth Research Establishment Fort Cumberland Historic England, Portsmouth Historic England Res.reports@HistoricEngland.org.uk distributor http://dx.doi.org/10.5284/1046430 A link to the web service or dataset dataset This metadata was prepared by the creator entered into the OASIS system hosted by the Archaeology Data Service.