This volume is based upon a conference which took place in 1999, reflecting the developing interest in intertidal archaeology and concentrating on the Neolithic period, as well as elements of associated Mesolithic and Bronze Age archaeology. Since then, the papers have been revised to include new discoveries and reflect the increasing interest and importance attached to the intertidal zone. All papers have supporting environmental data and radiocarbon dates. The volume has a wide geographical spread and details the work of archaeologists working in fragile and rapidly eroding environments is evaluated: the papers demonstrate the high quality research being undertaken around the British coast to salvage archaeology by record and undertake detailed research to place it in its proper context.

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Foreword
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• List of Contributors
• Table of Figures
• List of Tables
• Chapter 1 - Small fragments of a bigger picture: coastal erosion and the Neolithic in the inner Solway Firth, southwest Scotland
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC PROFILES AT NEWBIE COTTAGES
  • LOCAL SEDIMENT-FORMING SITE DYNAMICS BASED ON POLLEN AND DIATOM ANALYSES
  • DISCUSSION OF THE WIDER IMPLICATIONS
  • CONCLUSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• Chapter 2 - Neolithic Coastal Archaeology and Environment around Liverpool Bay
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PRESTON DOCK COLLECTION
  • FORMBY POINT FOOTPRINTS
  • HIGHTOWN TRACKWAY
  • LATE MESOLITHIC/NEOLITHIC EXPLOITATION OF THE COASTAL ZONE
  • CONCLUSIONS
• Chapter 3 - Wetland–dryland relationships in the Severn Estuary and surroundings during the Mesolithic and Neolithic
  • INTRODUCTION
  • MESOLITHIC
  • NEOLITHIC ACTIVITY ON DRYLAND
  • ENVIRONMENTAL EVIDENCE ON DRYLAND
  • WETLAND PERSPECTIVES
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • CURRENT AND FUTURE RESEARCH AGENDAS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• Chapter 4 - The Wootton-Quarr Archaeological Survey, Isle of Wight
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE SURVEY
  • THE WOOTTON-QUARR COAST IN THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD
  • CONCLUSION
• Chapter 5 - The Neolithic of the present day intertidal zone of Langstone Harbour, Hampshire
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE PRESENT DAY ENVIRONMENT
  • AIMS AND METHODS
  • THE LOCATION OF THE ARTEFACTS
  • PRECONCEPTIONS
  • EVIDENCE OF THE NEOLITHIC ENVIRONMENT AND ACTIVITY
  • SOME CONCLUSIONS
• Chapter 6 - London; the backwater of Neolithic Britain? Archaeological Significance of Middle Holocene river and vegetation change in the London Thames
  • INTRODUCTION
  • NEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN LONDON
  • DISCUSSION
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• Chapter 7 - Searching for the Neolithic while it may be found: research in the inter-tidal zone of the London Thames
  • INTRODUCTION
  • EARLIER WORK
  • EVIDENCE FROM THE FORESHORE
  • DISCUSSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
• Chapter 8 - Bibliography