London Gateway Port: Channel Clearance, Dredging and Capital Dredging Project Reporting (OASIS ID: wessexar1-397949)

Prior to the construction of the London Gateway (LG) Port, a major development on the north bank of the River Thames, extensive marine archaeological investigations were undertaken. Wessex Archaeology (WA) became involved with the project in 2001 and has been integral to these investigations and the subsequent post-excavation analysis and reporting since that time. The project area investigated is just over 100 km in length and ranges in width between 360 m in the outer channel and almost a kilometre wide at the port location. This record relates to the marine archaeological element of the LG Port project, the results of a variety of investigation methods utilised over the span of the project which ran from 2006 until 2016. These included diver observation, geophysical survey and capital dredging watching brief and object reporting. As a result of the various phases of fieldwork over 40 archaeological sites of varying complexities were investigated, over 400 geophysical anomalies were identified, and over a thousand archaeological objects were recovered. The complexity of the material archive, substantial in quantity, object size, material type, fragility and significance, has had an impact on their conservation requirements. Southend Museums Service (SMS), who have accessioned a majority of the finds, have also agreed for the remainder of the archive to be deposited with them (Accession ID: SOUMS: A2018.4-5) and appropriate repositories. This equally substantial portion of the LG archive includes geophysical data, digital photographs, project / fieldwork / diving generated data, reports, x-rays and research. The ADS deposition here comprises the additional project reporting undertaking during the course of the project. To be used as a reference collection alongside the final reporting submitted via OASIS record wessexar1-397949. Please see the spreadsheet index for archive concordance. The project is published in Wessex Archaeology Report No. 30: Maritime Archaeology in the Thames Estuary London Gateway, ISBN 978-1-874350-61-3 Available from Oxbow Books.

伦敦门户港（London Gateway, LG）是泰晤士河北岸的大型开发项目，在其动工前，相关团队已开展大规模海洋考古调查。韦塞克斯考古学（Wessex Archaeology, WA）于2001年加入该项目，自此便成为本次调查及后续发掘后分析与报告工作的核心参与方。本次调查的项目区域总长超100千米，宽度范围从外航道的360米至港区附近的近1千米不等。本数据集记录了伦敦门户港项目的海洋考古部分，涵盖2006年至2016年项目周期内所采用的多种调查方法所得成果，包括潜水观测、地球物理勘探、大型疏浚工程旁站监理与文物上报。经多阶段野外工作，团队共调查40余处复杂程度各异的考古遗址，识别出400余处地球物理异常点，并回收超1000件考古文物。该实物档案在数量、文物尺寸、材质类型、脆弱性与学术价值方面均体量庞大且复杂，对其保护要求产生了显著影响。已接收多数出土文物的绍森德博物馆服务处（Southend Museums Service, SMS），同意将剩余档案移交至该机构（登录号：SOUMS: A2018.4-5）及其他合规馆藏机构。伦敦门户港档案中这部分体量同样庞大的内容包括地球物理数据、数码照片、项目/野外工作/潜水生成的数据、报告、X光影像与研究资料。本次上传至考古数据服务（ADS）的存档内容包含项目实施期间生成的补充项目报告，可作为通过OASIS记录wessexar1-397949提交的最终报告的参考数据集。请查阅索引电子表格以获取档案关联信息。本项目成果已刊载于《韦塞克斯考古报告第30号：泰晤士河口伦敦门户港的海洋考古》，ISBN 978-1-874350-61-3，可通过Oxbow Books购得。