# Trash or historical artifact?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxNewcastle
- Speaker: Lara Maiklem
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/lara_maiklem_trash_or_historical_artifact)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

One person's trash is -- a century later -- another's historical artifact. In this talk, author Lara Maiklem introduces "mudlarking" -- the practice of scavenging river banks for hidden treasure -- and tells of the physical history lurking under the miles of mud along the Thames.

## Lectures

1. [Trash or historical artifact?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/lara_maiklem_trash_or_historical_artifact/c081be2d0295), 14 min (TED's player)