Underwater Archaeology on Foot: a Systematic Rapid Foreshore Survey on the North Kent Coast, England |
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Authors: | Dietlind Paddenberg Brian Hession |
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Institution: | Wessex Archaeology, Portway House, Old Sarum Park, Salisbury SP4 6EB, UK, |
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Abstract: | Foreshore archaeology can be considered 'underwater archaeology on foot', because it is possible to investigate the archaeological heritage at low tide without the need for diving. Rising sea-levels, increasing coastal erosion and the loss of important foreshore environments make immediate action necessary. In 2005, Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Kent County Council, supported by English Heritage, to continue a Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey on the North Kent Coast as part of a project started in 2001. In four weeks 378 monuments were updated and 198 new monuments recorded, among them a submerged forest, a trackway, several fish-traps and shipwrecks. © 2007 The Authors |
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Keywords: | Foreshore archaeology coastal archaeology assessment survey trackway fish-trap submerged forest |
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