ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION - Mike Griffiths and Associates

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LIST OF CONTENTS
Contents
Summary
Acknowledgements
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1.0 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 LOCATION AND LAND USE 1
1.2 PLANNING BACKGROUND 1
1.3 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 3
2.0 ARCHAEOLOGICAL HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 3
2.1 PALAEOLITHIC AND MESOLITHIC 3
2.2 NEOLITHIC 6
2.3 BRONZE AGE 8
2.4 IRON AGE 9
2.5 ROMAN 9
2.6 EARLY MEDIEVAL 10
2.7 MEDIEVAL 11
2.8 POST-MEDIEVAL AND MODERN 11
2.9 RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS 12
3.0 EVALUATION STRATEGY 19
3.1 ZONATION 20
3.2 INTERVENTIONS 20
3.3 SURVEY 22
3.4 FIELDWORK CONSTRAINTS 23
4.0 FIELDWALKING 23
4.1 FIELDWALKING PROCEDURE 23
4.2 FIELDWALKING RESULTS 23
5.0 AUGER AND TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY 34
5.1 SURVEY PROCEDURE 34
5.2 SURVEY RESULTS 34
6.0 GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY 44
6.1 SURVEY PROCEDURE 44
6.2 MAGNETOMETER SURVEY RESULTS 46
6.3 SOIL RESISTANCE SURVEY RESULTS 55
FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY SPECIALISTS