Topic ID #15476 - posted 12/22/2011 5:19 AM
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Studentship - Developing Terrestrial Laser Scanning of Threatened Coastal Archaeological Sites
Jennifer Palmer
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Studentship - Developing Terrestrial Laser Scanning of Threatened Coastal Archaeological Sites
University of Southampton
Palaeoenvironmentl Laboratory University of Southampton (Plus), Geography & Environment
Supervisors: Brown, A. G., Leyland J (Geography) and Archaeology Academic Unit
Project summary: An increasing number of archaeological sites along the UK coastline are threatened by a combination of sea level rise and coastal development. These sites which range in age from the Palaeolithic to the Post Medieval are a finite part of our heritage and should be recorded as fully as possible before they are lost forever. Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) has the twin capabilities of recording such sites and providing the data required for the estimation of erosion rates which can be used to predict site loss rates. Two of the most threatened environments are inter-tidal/mudflat sites of Prehistoric to Medieval age and cliff top sites of Palaeolithic to Prehistoric age. These two environments provide immense difficulties for conventional survey due to the restricted time available in the tidal cycle and the height-related danger and difficulty of recording eroding cliff sites. Yet these sites can have unique archaeology such as human footprints in the inter-tidal zone and ecofact-rich middens which might otherwise rarely be excavated. These sites also provide significant technical challenges for TLS such as rapid accurate survey on soft sediments and angle of incidence problems with cliffs. However, repeated survey of sites, generally after a winter storm cycle, can also be used to estimate erosion rates and so predict both the pattern and rates of archaeological loss. The academic challenges of this studentship will be to overcome these problems and develop methods of creating accurate 4D site models which can be used in heritage management and provide a permanent record of the lost archaeology. This will be achieved using Geography & Environment's Leica 2000 Scan Station and Leica C10 systems and conventional archaeological recording. The applicants have also identified, suitable sites in the Severn Estuary and eroding cliffs along the North east and Dorset Coasts. The project will work closely with both the archaeological industry and English Heritage.
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Studentship - Developing Terrestrial Laser Scanning of Threatened Coastal Archaeological Sites
University of Southampton
Palaeoenvironmentl Laboratory University of Southampton (Plus), Geography & Environment
Supervisors: Brown, A. G., Leyland J (Geography) and Archaeology Academic Unit
Project summary: An increasing number of archaeological sites along the UK coastline are threatened by a combination of sea level rise and coastal development. These sites which range in age from the Palaeolithic to the Post Medieval are a finite part of our heritage and should be recorded as fully as possible before they are lost forever. Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) has the twin capabilities of recording such sites and providing the data required for the estimation of erosion rates which can be used to predict site loss rates. Two of the most threatened environments are inter-tidal/mudflat sites of Prehistoric to Medieval age and cliff top sites of Palaeolithic to Prehistoric age. These two environments provide immense difficulties for conventional survey due to the restricted time available in the tidal cycle and the height-related danger and difficulty of recording eroding cliff sites. Yet these sites can have unique archaeology such as human footprints in the inter-tidal zone and ecofact-rich middens which might otherwise rarely be excavated. These sites also provide significant technical challenges for TLS such as rapid accurate survey on soft sediments and angle of incidence problems with cliffs. However, repeated survey of sites, generally after a winter storm cycle, can also be used to estimate erosion rates and so predict both the pattern and rates of archaeological loss. The academic challenges of this studentship will be to overcome these problems and develop methods of creating accurate 4D site models which can be used in heritage management and provide a permanent record of the lost archaeology. This will be achieved using Geography & Environment's Leica 2000 Scan Station and Leica C10 systems and conventional archaeological recording. The applicants have also identified, suitable sites in the Severn Estuary and eroding cliffs along the North east and Dorset Coasts. The project will work closely with both the archaeological industry and English Heritage.
View the full listing here.
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