Deposit modelling and urban characterisation: past, present, and future of sub-surface deposit modelling in Historic Environment Records
Author(s): Virgil Yendell, Phil Stastney, Graham Spurr
The purpose of this Project was a systematic review to consider how deposit models have previously been used within HERs, so that lessons learnt can better guide future work. In addition, the Project saw a need to engage with the sector and those who have been involved in modelling urban archaeological deposits, or modelling for HERs more generally, to tackle key questions and identify approaches and advice that can be followed in future concerning how HERs deal with deposit model data and projects where the integration of a deposit model within an HER database is required. This document is aimed at HER professionals interested in using deposit models to enhance their services, geoarchaeologists and deposit modellers working with HERs to achieve this, and also for Historic England staff supporting such projects. It aims to: • provide an overview of recent HER-based deposit modelling projects. • highlight issues to be considered in designing, undertaking and supporting such projects. • provide outline guidance on the practicalities of integrating deposit models with HERs/UADs by determining the type of approach that best suits the needs of a particular HER/UAD. However, at the beginning of the Project it wasn’t known what shape the outcomes would eventually take or what the character or need for wider dissemination would be, and so this document should not be seen as the final word or exhaustive guidance on the topic. More dialogue and communication between the stakeholders, particularly HER professionals and deposit modellers, and additional active engagement and dissemination of the findings of this report would be beneficial.
- Report Number:
- 88/2022
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 280
- Keywords:
- Geoarchaeology Historic Environment Record Archaeology Deposit Model Urban Characterisation Urban Archaeological Databases
