The prehistory and topography of Southwark and Lambeth - Jonathan Cotton

This volume provides the first synthesis of the available
prehistoric and topographic information from the area of north
Southwark and Lambeth, London, in the period c.9500 cal BA to
c.AD 50. The authors consider the interplay between environmental
and riverine change and 'mobile' and 'settled' human communities.
They draw on recent unpublished data as well as published work,
including a Mesolithic camp adjacent to a Late Glacial lake in
Bermondsey, a burnt mound and ring ditch with an assemblage of
cremations, and preserved ploughmarks. The book incorporates an
account of the succession of the palaeoecological environment,
and the prehistory of Southwark and Lambeth is set in the wider
regional context of the Thames Valley. The thematic chapters are
supported by a gazetteer of all findspots of prehistoric material
and specialist reports on the worked flint, pottery and
radiocarbon determinations.