Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê archaeology students and staff on BBC1
8 February 2010
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The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê-based Thames Discovery Programme will be featured on BBC1's Inside-Out programme on Monday 8 February at 7:30pm.
The session filmed was a survey undertaken by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê archaeologists (including students from the Institute of Archaeology) recording the remains of a wooden warship that had been broken up at Charlton on the Thames foreshore.
The Thames Discovery Programme, led by Gustav Milne of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute of Archaeology, has uncovered large ship-timbers - the remains of some of the world's most powerful and famous 19th-century battleships.
The remains were first observed by the Thames Discovery Programme during a site survey in November 2008. Subsequent research by the Survey Officer Elliot Wragg (also of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute of Archaeology) supported the suggestion that the remains were actually elements of a large, 19th-century sailing ships.
The Thames Discovery Programme is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund with support from Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê's Public Engagement Unit, and is hosted by Thames Estuary Partnership in Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê's Environment Institute.
The aim of the work is to involve Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê with the wider London community through the furthering of research into the archaeology and history of the capital.
Image: Inscribed timber unearthed on the Thames foreshore
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê context
The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute of Archaeology is one of the largest and most diverse archaeological departments in the world. In addition to core areas of archaeological theory and practice, the Institute is a leading centre for research and teaching in interdisciplinary fields such as cultural heritage and museum studies.