Archaeological Prospection and Evaluation in the Severn Levels, 1989-1999, Developing a Methodology (original) (raw)

2017

Abstract

The recognition of prehistoric and later archaeological features exposed by erosion on the Severn foreshore in the 1980s prompted an increased interest in the potential of the equivalent deposits behind the sea wall. The main practical problems were how to locate sites masked by subsequent sediment deposition and how to define areas of high and low potential in the absence of models of site distribution and palaeotopography. In this paper the strategies adopted for a series of major construction projects on the Levels are discussed, demonstrating the shift in focus away from the long-term natural sequence towards specific horizons considered likely to relate human activity, alongside an increased confidence in our ability to define areas and periods of high potential. The main projects discussed are the Rumney Alternative Feeding Grounds (J 989), Second Severn Crossing (English Approaches) evaluation (1991), Barland's Farm/Europark (1993), Goldclif.f Wetlands Reserve (1996), Cab...

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