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Historic environment research needs new techniques. Research develops and applies these. Portable X-ray fluorescence used to analyse Roman lead sample, Fort Cumberland, Portsmouth (DP184491).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Materials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From prehistoric earthworks to post-War concrete buildings, the materials used in the past have shaped what we now see as the historic environment. Understanding the character of these materials is an essential part of understanding past societies – how raw materials were selected, what technologies were used to extract, produce or recycle them, and how they were transformed into useable products. Research will have impact if it underpins understanding and help us better assess, interpret, manage and present our heritage. It may also lead to new marketable technologies or techniques, and will build a richer knowledge of the crafts, industries and manufacturing techniques of past societies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research questions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

HERA149: What materials should we be focusing our efforts on as priorities, either as part of investigative research to establish date, origin, function and degree of preservation, or conservation priorities? <\/h3>
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Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5>21\/07\/2017 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5>01\/07\/2021 <\/span>
Found in the following Frameworks: <\/h5>Historic England Research Agenda<\/a> <\/span>
Categories: <\/h5>#innovate<\/a> <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div>

HERA150: What new methods can be devised to support faster, more cost-effective characterisation of materials and how can we help get them to the market effectively? <\/h3>
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Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5>21\/07\/2017 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5>01\/07\/2021 <\/span>
Found in the following Frameworks: <\/h5>Historic England Research Agenda<\/a> <\/span>
Categories: <\/h5>#innovate<\/a> <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div>

HERA151: How can we enhance our understanding of production, provenance, and chronology of artefacts and residues encountered in archaeological investigations to help refine the interpretation of remains discovered? <\/h3>
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Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5>21\/07\/2017 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5>01\/07\/2021 <\/span>
Found in the following Frameworks: <\/h5>Historic England Research Agenda<\/a> <\/span>
Categories: <\/h5>#innovate<\/a> <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div>

HERA152: Can we synthesise from existing reports chronological or spatial changes in different types of material that may reveal technological innovations, patterns of supply, and cultural differences in use, adaptation, discard and recycling? <\/h3>
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Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5>21\/07\/2017 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5>01\/07\/2021 <\/span>
Found in the following Frameworks: <\/h5>Historic England Research Agenda<\/a> <\/span>
Categories: <\/h5>#innovate<\/a> <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n

Human environment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Without people and an understanding of how they lived, shaped and, in turn, were shaped by their environment, historic places lose most of their meaning and value. Human health, the diseases we suffer from, the food we eat, the places we live in and the way in which our planet is changing are all part of our intimate relationship with the environment, both now and throughout our history. Environmental archaeology uses the natural sciences to investigate these complex interactions. The application of techniques such as proteomics, isotopic analysis, and next generation DNA sequencing is transforming our knowledge of past environments and the people who lived in them. Research will have impact if it delivers better ways of understanding the past environment. It could increase the value for money and costeffectiveness of archaeological investigations, providing new narratives of our shared past, and unlocking new resources for agricultural, medical and environmental research. This in turn will engage and inform people about the use of science in understanding and conserving the historic environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research questions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

HERA153: How can the further study of human skeletal biology from archaeological specimens unlock new insights into past societies, environments and disease? <\/h3>
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Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5>21\/07\/2017 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5>01\/07\/2021 <\/span>
Found in the following Frameworks: <\/h5>Historic England Research Agenda<\/a> <\/span>
Categories: <\/h5>#innovate<\/a> <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div>

HERA154: What new insights can be developed from an understanding of past animal and plant species represented in the archaeological record? <\/h3>
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Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5>21\/07\/2017 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5>01\/07\/2021 <\/span>
Found in the following Frameworks: <\/h5>Historic England Research Agenda<\/a> <\/span>
Categories: <\/h5>#innovate<\/a> <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div>

HERA155: What new techniques for identification and recording of past environmental indicators and species can be developed? <\/h3>
More information on this question <\/summary>
Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5>21\/07\/2017 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5>01\/07\/2021 <\/span>
Found in the following Frameworks: <\/h5>Historic England Research Agenda<\/a> <\/span>
Categories: <\/h5>#innovate<\/a> <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n

Dating and chronology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When events took place, and the development, from multiple events, of a common chronology is fundamental to our understanding of the past. The application of Bayesian statistical modelling for the interpretation of scientific dates provides timing and tempo, revealing the sequence and pace of change. This allows us to see the connections between past events, compare contemporary sites, and trace the choices people made in building and maintaining their environment. Scientific dating is a key element of our knowledge of the past, and underpins many of today\u2019s decisions about protecting and conserving our historic environment. Research will have impact if it results in new scientific dating techniques; enhancement of existing scientific dating methods, and synthetic applications of scientific dating that explore the timing and pace of major changes in the past. Through this our knowledge of our archaeological sites and historic buildings will be significantly deepened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research questions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

HERA156: What new methods of scientific dating, such as rehydroxylation kinetics for dating fired ceramics, can be developed and brought into reliable and cost-effective use? <\/h3>
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Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5>21\/07\/2017 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5>01\/07\/2021 <\/span>
Found in the following Frameworks: <\/h5>Historic England Research Agenda<\/a> <\/span>
Categories: <\/h5>#innovate<\/a> <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div>

HERA157: How can we extend the range of sites and structures that can be dated using dendrochronology (tree-ring dating), for example by extending the network of oak reference chronologies? <\/h3>
More information on this question <\/summary>
Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5>21\/07\/2017 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5>01\/07\/2021 <\/span>
Found in the following Frameworks: <\/h5>Historic England Research Agenda<\/a> <\/span>
Categories: <\/h5>#innovate<\/a> <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div>

HERA158: What can we do to address the calibration and radiocarbon reservoir issues which affect the accuracy of radiocarbon dating? <\/h3>
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Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5>21\/07\/2017 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5>01\/07\/2021 <\/span>
Found in the following Frameworks: <\/h5>Historic England Research Agenda<\/a> <\/span>
Categories: <\/h5>#innovate<\/a> <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div>

HERA159: How can we more effectively amass and synthesise key dating data to help our understanding of the past? <\/h3>
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Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5>27\/07\/2017 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5>01\/07\/2021 <\/span>
Found in the following Frameworks: <\/h5>Historic England Research Agenda<\/a> <\/span>
Categories: <\/h5>#innovate<\/a> <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n

Measuring and sensing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To understand and manage the historic environment researchers need good, up-to-date information about the location, extent and shape of heritage assets. Cutting-edge approaches for aerial investigation, geophysical survey, remote sensing, geospatial measurement and 3D image and data capture offer new ways to obtain this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are interested in the practical cost-effective use of technologies, such as: visible and nonvisible spectrum imaging \u2013 across the full multi, hyperspectral and electromagnetic spectrum; range based sensors – using laser, structured light or other electromagnetic radiation bands for point based measurement and sensing; image based measurement including photogrammetry and \u2018structure-from-motion\u2019 technologies; drones as survey platforms; Building Information Modelling (BIM); remote monitoring solutions \u00ad for active and passive monitoring of changes to historic fabric through time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research will inform the choice of the best approaches to work at a wide range of scales from whole landscapes, to individual sites, or single artefacts, and across wetland, marine and both above and below ground. It could make the cutting-edge commonplace and support better and cost-effective integration of new measurement and sensing technologies into existing heritage management practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research questions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

HERA160: How can we improve prospection, modelling and evaluation techniques for challenging environments where heritage is obscured from view, such as intertidal, wetland and waterlogged, or woodland? <\/h3>
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Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5>21\/07\/2017 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5>01\/07\/2021 <\/span>
Found in the following Frameworks: <\/h5>Historic England Research Agenda<\/a> <\/span>
Categories: <\/h5>#innovate<\/a> <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div>

HERA161: How can we build on current remote monitoring methods to assess the condition of heritage assets, especially archaeological field monuments? Can predictive models be extended and used to monitor change? <\/h3>
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Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5>21\/07\/2017 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5>01\/07\/2021 <\/span>
Found in the following Frameworks: <\/h5>Historic England Research Agenda<\/a> <\/span>
Categories: <\/h5>#innovate<\/a> <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div>

HERA162: How can information derived from different measurement and remote sensing technologies (eg geophysics and air photo mapping) be better combined? <\/h3>
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Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5>21\/07\/2017 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5>01\/07\/2021 <\/span>
Found in the following Frameworks: <\/h5>Historic England Research Agenda<\/a> <\/span>
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