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A Contemporary Archaeology of London's Mega Events explores the traces of London's most significant modern 'mega events': the Great Exhibition of 1851, the 1951 Festival of Britain's South Bank Exhibition and the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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9781787358454

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'An engaging example of contemporary archaeology ... These stories ... reveal how mega events operate 'pharmakonically', to use Gardner's term: they straddle 'the ambiguity between remedy and poison', displacing residents and previously existing structures, for example, while bringing the prospect of urban regeneration into view.' Current Archaeology

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Jonathan Gardner is an archaeologist and heritage researcher based at Edinburgh College of Art. He has a strong interest in how the materials of the past continue to influence the worlds of the present. Previously he worked as a commercial archaeologist in London, including on the Stratford site of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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