Coopers Beach Bronze Age Intertidal Trackway: Analysis and Conservation of its Timbers and Associated Brushwood Samples
Author(s): Peter Marshall, Angela Middleton, Ian Tyers, Emma Aitken, Zoë Hazell, Gill Campbell, Irka Hajdas, Sanne Palstra
Dendrochronological and radiocarbon analysis of oak timbers from a trackway recorded by the Coastal and Intertidal Zone Archaeological Network (CITiZAN) on Coopers Beach, East Mersea, Essex (site code CCB17) was undertaken prior to their conservation. In addition, several samples from associated brushwood material were recovered and analysed. This report presents the methods and results of the dendrochronological, radiocarbon, and brushwood samples (wood identifications and evaluation of other environmental remains), along with the conservation treatment undertaken on three of the trackway timbers. The results of the scientific dating show that the trackway was probably constructed in the second half of the tenth century cal BC, ie the Late Bronze Age.
- Report Number:
- 176/2020
- Series:
- Research Department Reports
- Pages:
- 39
