Early Ships and Boats is a strategic desk-based assessment undertaken by Wessex Archaeology and commissioned by English Heritage (now Historic England) and funded through the National Heritage Protection Commissions Programme (NHPCP).

Investigations by Wessex Archaeology at Kingsmead Quarry, Horton, Berkshire, have revealed a complex archaeological landscape and evidence that people had used the area since the end of the last Ice Age, a period of over 12,000 years.