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- Title
Gaining Ground: Bomb Rubble, Reclamation and Revenance.
- Authors
Gardner, Jonathan
- Abstract
Vast quantities of waste rubble produced through demolition, natural disasters and conflict form part of the globe-spanning, anthropogenic deposit that has been called the "archaeosphere". Whilst such material is often considered "waste" and of little value in the immediate aftermath of deconstruction or destruction, rubble rarely remains "wasted" for long and becomes reused in new cycles of construction. While architectural salvage and spolia are relatively well studied, the reuse of demolition rubble in the creation of new terrain (reclamation) is rarely discussed. Responding to this, I discuss how World War II bomb rubble was used to reclaim ground from Hackney Marsh and Leyton Marsh in East London. This waste material not only provided valuable new terrain for leisure facilities, but also led to a broad array of unexpected and emergent uses and valuations, including as site of footballing heritage and place of remembrance and contestation.
- Subjects
WASTE lands; RUBBLE; BUILDING demolition; NATURAL disasters; ANTHROPOGENIC effects on nature; ARCHAEOLOGICAL research
- Publication
Journal of Contemporary Archaeology, 2023, Vol 10, Issue 1, p25
- ISSN
2051-3429
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1558/jca.25782