The palaeochannel record in the Trent Valley UK: contributions towards cultural heritage management

formerly Project Archaeologist, ARCUS. Email: steve.baker@derbyshire.gov.uk

Cite this as: Baker, S. 2006 The palaeochannel record in the Trent Valley UK: contributions towards cultural heritage management, Internet Archaeology 20. https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.20.3

Summary

The Trent Valley is one of Britain's major river systems, and the dynamic history of the river has produced a rich and varied palaeochannel record. This paper reports on a catchment-scale survey of surface-visible palaeochannels within the Holocene floodplain of the Trent, using aerial photographs as a primary data source. This is an important contribution towards comprehensive geomorphological mapping of the Trent floodplain. In addition, the GIS database produced by the survey has enabled a significant part of the palaeoenvironmental resource in the valley to be located within the archaeological cultural resource management framework for the first time. The catchment scale of the survey has allowed analysis of changing geomorphology and land-use along the course of the valley, and the implications of these factors for the preservation and visibility of palaeochannels in different zones.

This article has been published with financial assistance from the English Heritage Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF).

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Features

• Keywords: identification, palaeochannels, palaeoenvironment, Trent Valley, mapping, cultural resource management framework, GIS.
• A catchment-scale survey of surface-visible palaeochannels within the Holocene floodplain of the River Trent (UK)
• Related digital archive: Steve Baker (2006) Cultural heritage management and the palaeo-environmental resource: Surveying the surface-visable palaeochannel record in the Trent Valley, UK [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1000297

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