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Sites from the Thames estuary wetlands, England, and their Bronze Age use

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

F. M. Meddens
F. M. Meddens*
Affiliation:
Pre-Construct Archaeology, Creekside Wharf, The Stowage, Deptford, London SE8 3DF, England
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Abstract

This paper presents the recent discovery of extensive and intensive middle Bronze Age exploitation of the marshland along the northeastern bank of the River Thames and its tributaries within a wider regional context. It also develops a site location model, and explores reasons for the presence of these sites.

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Antiquity , Volume 70 , Issue 268 , June 1996 , pp. 325 - 334
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1996

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