Thesaurus Term/Concept: ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING

Identifier 145127
Class EVENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note Removal of samples from deposits, including archaeological contexts to recover information about past environments and economies, retrieve material for scientific dating and for the investigation of the deposits themselves e.g. formation processes.

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Instances/Examples (11)

Context Record
Event Type EDO5643 Abbey Farm pond, Abbotsbury, de-silting; observations and recording (Event - Intervention)
Event Type EDO6249 Barrows 34 and 41, Chalkpit Field, Down Farm, Gussage St Michael; excavation and geophysical survey (Event - Intervention)
Event Type EDO6117 Chard Junction Quarry, Thorncombe; optical luminescence dating 2009 (Event - Intervention)
Event Type EDO5509 Fontmell Down, Fontmell Magna (Event - Intervention)
Event Type EDO3772 Greyhound Yard, Dorchester; excavation 1984 (Event - Intervention)
Event Type EDO7561 Grim's Ditch, Pentridge; observations and recording and environmental sampling 1977 (Event - Intervention)
Event Type EDO314 National Rivers Authority Flood Alleviation Scheme, Wimborne Minster; observations and rcording 1995 (Event - Intervention)
Event Type EDO4229 New Computer Wing, County Hall, Colliton Park, Dorchester; excavation 1988 (Event - Intervention)
Event Type EDO6644 Sherborne Old Castle, Castleton; environmental sampling 2000 (Event - Intervention)
Event Type EDO7548 South Shore, Brownsea Island, Studland; palaeoenvironmental assessment 2006 (Event - Intervention)
Event Type EDO6621 Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley; analysis of charcoal remains (Event - Interpretation)