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Area 240
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Wessex Archaeology has just begun a large scaleinvestigation into an area of seabed which lies 13kmeast of Great Yarmouth. This area, known as Area 240,is targeted by aggregate dredgers collecting sands andgravel for use in construction projects in the UK and onthe continent.In February 2008 75 flint tools and the remains of mammoth, bison, deer and rhino were dredged from thisarea. The tools are thought to date to around 100,000years ago - before the last ice age. Prior to this discoverymany experts believed that deposits of this date had beendestroyed or disturbed by glaciation. These discoveriesdemonstrate that in some areas at least, they were not,making this one of the most significant Palaeolithicdiscoveries ever to come from the North Sea.
Wessex Archaeology
...one of the most significant Palaeolithic discoveries
Area 240
ICELAND
British archaeological award 2008
This project is f 
unded through theAggregate Levy Sustainability Fund
 
Area 240
...crucial to our future ability to identify and protect
Wessex Archaeology
Over the next two years Wessex Archaeology will beconducting intensive studies into Area 240. This involvesmapping the seabed and the layers beneath it withgeophysical equipment, studying submerged depositsusing geoarchaeological techniques and investigatingsamples of the seabed for artefacts.The aim of the project is to determine which methodsare most effective for this type of investigation. Thisresearch is crucial to our future ability to identify andprotect our most ancient heritage. It also gives usthe opportunity to explore the background of theenigmatic remains retrievedfrom Area 240.
 
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Westkapelle Ground Formation
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Yarmouth Roads Formation overlain by Holocene SedimentsShallow 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 seabedSandwaves and sandrippleson seabed
 
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Wessex Archaeology's coastal and marine team is oneof the biggest groups of marine archaeologists workinganywhere in Europe. The team consists of a core of specialist staff trained in all aspects of marine andcoastal archaeology. This includes commercial divers,geoarchaeologists, marine geophysicists and coastal andmarine archaeologists. We also have strong links withother organisations working in the marine environmentwhich has allowed us to investigate how archaeologyinteracts with geology, geography and ecology.
Area 240
...one of the biggest groups of marine archaeologists
The project is supported by Wessex Archaeology's marineand coastal outreach project Time Travelling by Water.For more information search for'Time Travelling by Water' on the web.
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