The Archaeology of East Kent Access Road (Phase 2)

Oxford Wessex Archaeology (OWA) Joint Venture undertook archaeological investigations in advance of construction of the East Kent Access Road (Phase II), largely between November 2009 and September 2010. The initial two-month period was mostly taken up with preliminary surveys comprising field-walking, test pitting and metal detecting and limited evaluation trenching. Several small-scale excavations were carried out following the main phase of investigations and all fieldwork was completed by the end of May 2011. The main excavations saw almost the entire foot-print of the new road excavated, an area of some 48 hectares, providing a unique archaeological transect across part of Thanet.

牛津-韦塞克斯考古联合企业（Oxford Wessex Archaeology, OWA）承接了东肯特联络公路（二期工程）建设前的考古调查工作，作业周期主要集中在2009年11月至2010年9月。项目最初的两个月主要用于开展前期勘测工作，涵盖田野踏查、试坑勘探、金属探测以及有限的评估性探沟开挖。主体调查阶段结束后，项目组又开展了数项小规模发掘作业，全部野外工作于2011年5月底前完成。主体发掘工程几乎覆盖了新公路的全部施工占地范围，总面积约48公顷，为横贯塔内特（Thanet）部分区域的考古断面研究提供了独一无二的实物资料。