Authors
Michael J Grant
Publication date
2011
Pages
36-45
Publisher
Wessex Archaeology
Description
This project, commissioned by English Heritage (EH), concerned the application of geophysical and geotechnical/seabed sampling methodologies to marine aggregate deposits that have been demonstrated to contain potential preDevensian or Devensian artefactual material.
Artefactual material, including hand axes, flakes, cores and faunal remains, were recovered from dredging licence Area 240 (licensed to Hanson Aggregates Marine Ltd.) 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 Hanson Aggregates Marine Ltd 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 1: review of existing data and discusses the reinterpretation of geophysical and geotechnical data acquired on behalf of HAML for the assessment of aggregate reserves.
The geophysics data reviewed included multi-beam bathymetric data and sub-bottom profiler (boomer source) data acquired by Andrews Surveys Ltd (now Gardline Surveys Ltd) during …
Artefactual material, including hand axes, flakes, cores and faunal remains, were recovered from dredging licence Area 240 (licensed to Hanson Aggregates Marine Ltd.) 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 Hanson Aggregates Marine Ltd 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 1: review of existing data and discusses the reinterpretation of geophysical and geotechnical data acquired on behalf of HAML for the assessment of aggregate reserves.
The geophysics data reviewed included multi-beam bathymetric data and sub-bottom profiler (boomer source) data acquired by Andrews Surveys Ltd (now Gardline Surveys Ltd) during …
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