![Lara Maiklem: Trash or historical artifact?](https://pi.tedcdn.com/r/talkstar-photos.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/167df1c0-e9a5-49b7-bcc6-e11e45a3661c/Lara+Maiklem.jpeg?h=200)
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.