A120 TRUNK ROAD, ESSEX: ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS
Author(s): P Murphy
Borehole logs and soil samples from trial pits along the new road-line, traversing some 19km on the Boulder Clay of NW Essex, were examined. The road also crossed six stream and river valleys. It is concluded that at sites on interfluve areas preservation of mollusca, eggshell and bone will be good but fully waterlogged deposits are unlikely to be found. Construction work in the river valleys will, however, expose sections through organic channel fills and other alluvial sediments, suitable for macro - and micro - fossil analysis. From these two complementary sources of information an unusually full picture of palaeoenvironments and economies can be gained. Sampling strategies to maximise the data gained from contractors' and archaeological excavations are outlined.
- Report Number:
- 128/1990
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 13
- Keywords:
- Environmental Studies
