Selected projects
4.19.5 Greater Thames Estuary Regional Research Framework
In recent years the considerable volume of work on the archaeology and environment of the Greater Thames Estuary has resulted in a number of important papers reporting on the results of specific fieldwork projects and detailing different aspects of the archaeological resource. The publication of England's coastal heritage also emphasised the importance of the archaeology of this area. In the course of preparing a management plan for the Thames Estuary, a working group of representatives of Essex and Kent County Councils, English Heritage, and the RCHME was established to consider the future direction of archaeological research in the region (defined as a zone from Clacton in Essex to Whitstable in Kent, and upstream as far as Tower Bridge, including the Blackwater, Crouch, Medway, and Swale).
Following the publication of Frameworks for our past it was decided that a regional research framework should be created for the Greater Thames Estuary. The research framework comprises three principal parts:
- comprehensive resource assessment (a summary of the current state of knowledge and understanding)
- a research agenda (identifying gaps in existing knowledge, together with an assessment of the potential of the resource and possible research topics)
- the research strategy (a prioritised list of research topic
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