Predictive Modelling of Multi-Period Geoarchaeological Resources at a River Confluence

Predictive Modelling of Multi-Period Geoarchaeological Resources at a River confluence is an Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund backed project led by principal investigators Professor Tony Brown, Dr Andy J Howard and Mr Keith Challis. The project takes as its study area the confluence of the Trent and Soar rivers in the East Midlands of the United Kingdom.

The overall purpose of the project is to: (a) to establish a rigorous research model for the future development of predetermination designs for site evaluation, (b) to assess the effectiveness of various airborne and ground based remote sensing methods in alluvial environments, and (c) to derive relationships between pre-extraction site survey data and likely chronostratigraphic and environmental data as part of archaeological assessment. This research will assist regulatory bodies (i.e. County Councils) in demanding and specifying rapid evaluations of geoarchaeological potential as part of the implementation of PPG16.

河流汇水区多时期地质考古资源（geoarchaeological resources）预测建模是一项由砂石税可持续基金（Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund）资助的研究项目，首席研究员为托尼·布朗教授、安迪·J·霍华德博士与基思·查利斯先生。本项目的研究区域为英国东米德兰兹地区的特伦特河与索尔河汇流处。
本项目的核心目标包括：(a) 建立严谨的研究模型，用于未来遗址评估预勘探设计的开发；(b) 评估冲积环境中各类机载与地面遥感（remote sensing）方法的应用效果；(c) 推导考古评估环节中，开采前遗址调查数据与潜在年代地层（chronostratigraphic）、环境数据之间的关联关系。此项研究将协助监管机构（即各郡议会）在落实PPG16的过程中，对地质考古潜力的快速评估提出要求并明确其规范标准。