Three Thousand Years of Rubbish and Ritual in the Thames: A Long Durée Investigation of Riverine Deposition Powered by Collaborative Partnerships.

泰晤士河三千年的垃圾和仪式：由合作伙伴支持的对河流沉积的长期调查。

• 批准号: 2740200
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Reading
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2740200
• 关键词: Three; Thousand; Years; Rubbish; Ritual

This pioneering research project will interpret the practice and meaning of river deposition over the long durée from the Bronze Age to the Medieval period, c. 2200 BC to AD 1500, enhanced through cross-sector collaboration. Rivers have had a profound influence on the course of human history as vital axes of communication, rich reservoirs of resources, and arenas for otherworldly veneration (Edgeworth 2011). Some rivers, such as the Thames and the Rhine, were especially valued, receiving the deposition of objects over many centuries, and in some cases millennia. Such objects thus provide a unique archive for unravelling the changing meanings and beliefs that humans attached to watery places over expansive timescales. The long-term persistence of such practices has been highlighted by previous research, but only in generalised terms or as a passing reference in period-specific studies. My project will be the first to implement a genuinely long-term, geographically focused approach to the study of river deposition. It will generate new narratives through novel scales of data, inter-period comparisons and frameworks of interpretation, maximised through non-academic partnerships.My deep-time exploration will be situated at the heart of The Middle Thames Archaeology Partnership (MTAP), a collaboration between the University of Reading's Archaeology department and a network of stakeholder organisations initiated to promote the archaeological heritage of the Middle Thames as an under-studied region. My research will provide a key vehicle for advancing the aspirations of MTAP and a model for engaged doctoral research working at the interface between academic, commercial, governmental and third-sector organisations. A systematic, long durée investigation of river finds has been identified as a key research priority for the Thames as one richest sources of such objects in north-west Europe (Booth et al. 2007, 209; Naylor 2011; Humphries 2019). Collaboration with MTAP will add substantial value to my research by unlocking hard-to-access data and contextual sources and providing a framework for engaging public audiences across the Thames Valley region. My research aims to understand the changing relationship between riverscapes and human practice and experience in the past through a long-term investigation of riverine deposition in the Middle Thames from the Bronze Age to the Medieval period, c. 2200 BC to AD 1500This aim will be met through the following objectives:To produce a comprehensive multi-period corpus of river finds from the Middle Thames drawing upon a range of existing archaeological and newly exploited archival sources.To elucidate temporal trends in the range and treatment of river finds based on the analysis of typological variation and biographical details breakage patterns.To analyse and map the overall spatial distribution of river finds to identify associations with crossing-points, confluences and other fluvial features, and to explore how practice varies across different stretches of the river at different times.To incorporate data on river dredging to critically evaluate the extent to which the spatial patterning of river finds has been shaped by recovery practices. To analyse select sites of long-term deposition at a more refined level drawing upon excavated data, place-names and cartographic sources to understand how the development of these locales relates to the changing configuration of the wider cultural landscape.

这个开创性的研究项目将解释从青铜时代到中世纪时期的长期河流沉积的实践和含义。公元前2200年至1500年，通过跨部门协作增强了。作为至关重要的交流轴，丰富的资源储备和超凡脱俗的发育界的竞技场，河流对人类历史的进程有深远的影响（Edgeworth 2011）。一些河流（例如泰晤士河和莱茵河）特别受到重视，在许多世纪以来都接受了物体的沉积，在某些情况下，几千年。因此，这样的物体为揭示不断变化的含义提供了独特的档案，并认为人类在广泛的时间尺度上附着在水位上。以前的研究强调了这种做法的长期持久性，但仅以广义术语或特定于周期研究的传递参考。我的项目将是第一个实施真正的长期，地理专注的方法来研究河流沉积的计划。它将通过新的数据尺度，相互作用的比较和解释的框架来产生新的叙述，并通过非学术伙伴关系最大化。我的深度时间探索将位于中间泰晤士考古伙伴关系（MTAP）的核心，这是雷丁大学的考古学系与一家养育者的临时派对领域的社会网络之间的合作。我的研究将为促进MTAP的愿望和在学术，商业，政府和第三部门组织之间的界面上工作的模型提供关键工具。对河流发现的系统的长期调查已被确定为泰晤士河的关键研究重点，是西北欧洲此类物体的最丰富来源（Booth等，2007，209; Naylor 2011; Humphries 2019）。与MTAP的合作将通过解锁难以访问的数据和上下文来源，并为吸引泰晤士河谷地区的公众受众提供一个框架，从而为我的研究增加实质性价值。我的研究旨在通过从青铜时代到中世纪的中期泰晤士河中河流沉积的长期投资来了解过去的河流与人类实践与人类实践与经验之间不断变化的关系。公元前2200年至公元1500年将通过以下物体实现：在中间泰晤士河中产生全面的多周期河流，借助现有的考古学和新探索的考古学来源，阐明了河流的范围和临时趋势。基于河流的范围和分布的分析，以识别类型和生物分析的分析。 crossing-points, infections and other fluvial features, and to explore how practices vary across different stretches of the river at different times.To incorporate data on river investing to critically evaluate the extent to which the spatial patterning of river finds has been shaped by recovery practices.To analyse select sites of long-term deposition at a more refined level drawing upon excavated data, place-names and cartographic sources to understand how the development of these locales relates to the改变更广泛的文化景观的配置。