Managing submerged prehistory; New Approaches in the Southern North Sea.
Author(s): Edward Salter; Chris Pater
Year: 2013
Summary
In 2007/2008 75 Palaeolithic flint implements, including 28 hand axes were discovered on the oversize pile of a Dutch aggregates wharf. Dredged from an English Marine Aggregate Licence Area, the material and the site of their discovery have since been subject to intensive investigations. Much of this work was provided for via the Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund, but this funding source ended in March 2011 and a way forwards for the site had to be found.
Since that time, English Heritage, the licence holders Hanson Aggregates Marine Ltd and Wessex Archaeology have worked in partnership and a number of new investigative methods have been trialled in the area.
In this paper we present and discuss the new methods and techniques being utilised under the 240 project, as well as further regional approaches to understanding submerged prehistory. The implications for managing impacts to submerged prehistoric archaeology will also be considered.
Cite this Record
Managing submerged prehistory; New Approaches in the Southern North Sea.. Edward Salter, Chris Pater. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Leicester, England, U.K. 2013 ( tDAR id: 428743)
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Keywords
General
Management
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Prehistory
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Underwater
Geographic Keywords
United Kingdom
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Western Europe
Temporal Keywords
Palaeolithic
Spatial Coverage
min long: -8.158; min lat: 49.955 ; max long: 1.749; max lat: 60.722 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 336