Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Experiencing Water -- Water and Urban Spaces: Cultural Meanings -- The Chapters of the Book -- Chapter Two. Five Urban Waterscapes -- Introduction -- The Context of Urbanism and Waterscapes in Britain -- London -- Introduction -- The 'Lost' Rivers of London and the Changing Waterscape -- Waterfronts -- Drainage and Land Reclamation -- Canterbury -- Introduction -- An Altered Riverscape? -- Waterfront Structures -- Cirencester -- Introduction -- Creating New River Courses -- Land Drainage and Reclamation -- Lincoln -- Introduction -- A Changing Waterscape -- Docks and Waterfronts -- Drainage in the Wigford Area -- Winchester -- Introduction -- Topography and Change at Winchester -- The Winchester Drainage Channels -- Conclusions -- Chapter Three. Rivers, Lakes and Islands: Towns, Changing Waterscapes and Geography -- Introduction -- The River -- Dynamic Riverscapes -- Rivers, Urbanism and New Geography -- Travel and River Navigability -- Diverting Rivers: Manipulating the Relationship between Land and Water -- Moving Water and Changing Land: The Symbolic Context -- Bridges and Crossing Points -- Conclusions -- The Artificial Contexts of Water in Towns: Manipulation and Control -- Chapter Four. Waterfronts: The Land/Water Interface and the Construction of Waterfront Installations -- Waterfronts and Maritime Archaeology -- Waterfront Installations and Identity -- Developing Port and Harbour Technology -- Riverfront Structural Biographies -- Construction and Identity -- Altering Waterfronts: Ritual, Symbolism and Context -- Waterfront Environments: Behaviour and Experience at the Land/Water Interface -- Boats - Extensions of Waterfronts -- Discussion -- Chapter Five. Wetlands: The Materiality of Land Drainage and Reclamation in Towns -- Wetlands and Wetland Archaeology.

Land Drainage -- Rural Land Drainage -- Drainage in the Urban Setting -- Land Drainage, Ritual and Symbolism -- Land Reclamation in Towns: Transformation as Architecture -- The Context of Artificial Land Transformation in Britain -- Land Transformation and People -- Landscape and Knowledge -- Chapter Six. Conclusions: Towns, Water and Places -- Towns and People -- Waterscapes: Furthering the Archaeological Agenda -- Archaeological Writing -- Land Use and Natural Resources -- Geography, Geology and Geoarchaeology -- Dating -- Environmental Evidence -- Final Remarks -- Bibliography -- Ancient Sources -- Modern Sources -- Index.