ALSF Aggregate Extractraction In The Ribble Valley. Preliminary Report Stage 2

This report presents the results of the initial tasks of Stage 2 of the ALSF Ribble Valley Aggregate Extraction project. The work was undertaken as a joint project between University of Liverpool and Oxford Archaeology North (OA North), and was funded by the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund and under the overall management of English Heritage. The responsibility of the project was split such that the geological and geomorphological elements of the project were undertaken by Liverpool University and the archaeological elements were undertaken by OA North; the palaeobotanic work was split between both organisations.
The programme of work is as defined within a project design (March 2005) submitted by University of Liverpool and OA North. These tasks (20-23, as defined in the project design) represent the initial enhancement and analysis phases of the project, following on from the primary set up and data capture phases in Stage 1, for which a report was submitted in August 2005 (Liverpool University and OA North 2005).