Has the Thames always looked like it does today, confined to the
same course, muddy, brackish and tidal? Through analysis of the
archaeology investigated along the Crossrail south-east line, which
diverts from the main west-east route across the Thames floodplain
from Stepney Green to Abbey Wood, this book tells the story of the
lower Thames throughout the Holocene (from c. 10,000 years ago to
the present). At six sites along the route, geoarchaeologists were
called in to assist with understanding the deep floodplain
sediments, the environments they reflect and how, if at all, the
Thames has affected (and been affected by) the people who lived
along its banks through the ages. Introducing the techniques and
theories used in geoarchaeology, this book uses the platform of the
Crossrail sites to understand the wider, lower Thames area from
Erith to Greenwich, Canning Town to Hornchurch. The Thames has
suffered the fate of many other river systems across southern
Britain, but the story of its transformation is remarkable and
relevant today.
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