Seabed Prehistory: Area 240 - Exhibition

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Area 240...crucial to our future ability to identify and protect

W essex Arc ha eo l o gy

Over the next two years Wessex Archaeology will be

conducting intensive studies into Area 240. This involves

mapping the seabed and the layers beneath it with

geophysical equipment, studying submerged deposits

using geoarchaeological techniques and investigating

samples of the seabed for artefacts.

The aim of the project is to determine which methods

are most effective for this type of investigation. This

research is crucial to our future ability to identify and

protect our most ancient heritage. It also gives usthe opportunity to explore the background of the

enigmatic remains retrieved

from Area 240.

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Westkapelle Ground Formation

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Yarmouth Roads Formation overlain by Holocene Sediments

Shallow channels at or near the surface Shallow channels below Holocene Sediments Sub-bottom not resolved due to diffractionon sand ripples and very hard sediments

Position of parametric sonar and examplepinger

Holocene sandwavesand sandripples on seabed

Boomer data Parametric Sonar data Pinger data

Holocene sandwavesand sandripples on seabed

Sandwaves and sandrippleson seabed


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Wessex Archaeology's coastal and marine team is one

of the biggest groups of marine archaeologists working

anywhere in Europe. The team consists of a core of

specialist staff trained in all aspects of marine and

coastal archaeology. This includes commercial divers,

geoarchaeologists, marine geophysicists and coastal and

marine archaeologists. We also have strong links with

other organisations working in the marine environment

which has allowed us to investigate how archaeology

interacts with geology, geography and ecology.

Area 240...one of the biggest groups of marine archaeologists

The project is supported by Wessex Archaeology's marine

and coastal outreach project Time Travelling by Water.

For more information search for

'Time Travelling by Water' on the web.


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Seabed Prehistory: Area 240 - Exhibition