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Excavations in Kingston upon Thames town centre in 1977 produced further evidence of an ancient channel of the Thames, associated with occupation debris from the Neolithic to the Roman period. Environmental samples provided evidence of the changing river regime and the local environment. Also a mass of burnt flint, finds of Bronze Age and Iron Age and Roman pottery, worked flint, worked antler, human and animal bones were found. The possibility is discussed whether layers of waterlogged vegetation encountered at the water table were accumulated and used by prehistoric man. As well as prehistoric finds, Romano-British pottery, building material and animal bones were recovered.