Using geoarchaeological deposit modelling as a framework for archaeological evaluation and mitigation in alluvial environments
| Autor: | Andy J. Howard, Robin Jackson, Christopher Carey, Antony G. Brown |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
010506 paleontology
Archeology geography geography.geographical_feature_category 060102 archaeology Floodplain Borehole Excavation 06 humanities and the arts 01 natural sciences Coring Archaeology law.invention Mining engineering law Geophysical survey (archaeology) 0601 history and archaeology Alluvium Lidar data Radiocarbon dating Geology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 11:658-673 |
| ISSN: | 2352-409X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.01.013 |
| Popis: | The pace of anthropogenic development on floodplains and adjacent valley floors is still increasing and in many countries this is accompanied by a requirement for heritage mitigation and management. The result is an increased demand for effective and efficient archaeological evaluation and mitigation strategies, which can only be achieved in alluvial environments through the application of geoarchaeological methods. This paper uses lidar data combined with deep geophysical survey (electrical resistivity), gouge coring and limited borehole data to derive a three dimensional geoarchaeological deposit model, which provided a vehicle for archaeological evaluation and mitigation. Significantly, the results of this deposit model are compared to the results from the subsequent archaeological evaluation trenching, a methodological next step that has not received sufficient attention within the (geo)archaeological literature. The deposit model is refined using radiocarbon dating and artefactual evidence derived from the archaeological evaluation trenching. The results demonstrate how geoarchaeological deposit modelling can be integrated with archaeological evaluation trenching and provides discussion of the importance and difficulties of integrating geoarchaeological sediment units (archives) with archaeological contextual excavation data, with conventional stratigraphic matrices. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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