The Thames on the eve of Londinium: exploring a Late Iron Age landscape

这个项目将是第一个通过探索铁器时代晚期定居点的证据，全面绘制罗马时代之前伦敦的发展地图。伦敦铁器时代的记录目前隐藏在数百份挖掘报告和孤立的发现中。目前关于铁器时代景观的文献表明，这是一个稀疏的、几乎无人居住的死水。我利用考古学和数字人文学科的跨学科方法将挑战这一点，通过生成一个全面的调查，从伦敦考古档案和博物馆收藏中收集灰色文献和大量未发表的材料。因此，该项目将使人们更好地了解入侵前夕泰晤士河的特征，为前罗马时代的景观和伦敦崛起和起源的背景提供新的描述。这是可能的，因为我在实地考古和档案方面的专业经验使我能够与所有相关的伦敦遗产机构建立关系。

This project will be the first to comprehensively map the development of pre-Roman London by exploring the evidence of late Iron Age settlements. London's Iron Age record is currently hidden amongst hundreds of excavation reports and isolated discoveries. Current literature on the Iron Age landscape suggests a sparse, barely inhabited backwater. My interdisciplinary approach utilising archaeology and digital humanities will challenge this by generating a comprehensive survey, drawing together grey literature and vast unpublished materials from London's archaeological archives and museum collections. The project will thus allow a greater understanding of the character of the Thames on the eve of invasion, offering a new account of the pre-Roman landscape and context to the rise and origin of London. This is possible due to my professional experience in field archaeology and archives which have allowed me to develop relationships with all the relevant London heritage institutions.