Three large-scale excavations in north-west Kent - two on the Hoo peninsula and one south of Gravesend – uncovered evidence of human activity from the Mesolithic through to the 20th century. The two former, Damhead Creek power station and Isle of Grain–Shorne gas transmission pipeline, are the largest archaeological investigations undertaken to date on the Hoo peninsula, affording a unique opportunity to challenge previous assumptions and broaden the archaeological narrative.
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Three large-scale excavations in north-west Kent - two on the Hoo peninsula and one south of Gravesend – uncovered evidence of human activity from the Mesolithic through to the 20th century. The two former, Damhead Creek power station and Isle of Grain–Shorne gas transmission pipeline, are the largest archaeological investigations undertaken to date on the Hoo peninsula, affording a unique opportunity to challenge previous assumptions and broaden the archaeological narrative. The latter, the A2 Activity Park, was adjacent to other large-scale excavations, which allowed the site to be set firmly in its local context. Significant activity is attested throughout the Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman periods including domestic settlement, agriculture, ritual burial practices, pottery production and salt-working. For the modern period, significant findings include remains of a First World War hangar: the base for the airships defending the River Thames from the growing German submarine threat.
This multi-period volume presents the archaeological results from all three sites and considers the new evidence in relation to the nature of prehistoric occupation, Roman industrial exploitation and the scale of Anglo-Saxon and medieval settlement on the Hoo peninsula. It also includes a chapter on the Pleistocene and Holocene evolution of the area as currently understood through the geoarchaeological study of depositional processes and associated palaeoenvironmental material.
SpoilHeap Monograph 13
Published 2017: Pb 324pp, 229 colour illustrations.
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