Coastal Archaeology of Britain

A The recognition of the wealth and diversity of England’s coastal archaeology has been one of the most important developments of recent years. Some elements of this enormous resource have long been known.The so-called ‘submerged forests’ off the coasts of England, sometimes with clear evidence of human activity,had attracted the interest of antiquarians since at least the eighteenth century,but serious and systematic attention has been given to the archaeological potential of the coast onl...