Download or read book Roman Burials Medieval Tenements and Suburban Growth written by Dan Swift and published by Mola (Museum of London Archaeology). This book was released on 2003 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The excavation at 201 Bishopsgate in 1998-9 uncovered evidence for Londinium's northern cemetery, roadside occupation along Roman Ermine Street, and medieval and later development to the west of Bishopsgate. This area has been extensively used and re-used, from burials to refuse-disposal to houses, as London has expanded. This volume documents the excavation with many pictures and tables, as well as extensive descriptions and discussions of the excavation at each stage.
Download or read book Burial and Memorial in Late Antiquity written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-11-20 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burial and Memorial explores funerary and commemorative archaeology A.D. 284-650, across the late antique world. This second volume includes papers exploring all aspects of funerary archaeology, from scientific samples in graves, to grave goods and tomb robbing and a bibliographic essay. It brings into focus neglected regions not usually considered by funerary archaeologists in NW Europe, such as the Levant, where burial archaeology is rich in grave good, to Sicily and Sardinia, where post-mortem offerings and burial manipulations are well-attested. We also hear from excavations in Britain, from Canterbury and London, and see astonishing fruits from the application of science to graves recently excavated in Trier.
Download or read book A Study of the Deposition and Distribution of Copper Alloy Vessels in Roman Britain written by Jason Lundock and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book collects together data concerning copper alloy vessels from Roman Britain and relates this evidence to prevailing theories of consumption, identity and culture change in Britain during this time.
Download or read book London in the Roman World written by Dominic Perring and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-27 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: incAn original, authoritative survey of the archaeology and history of Roman London. London in the Roman World draws on the results of latest archaeological discoveries to describe London's Roman origins. It presents a wealth of new information from one of the world's richest and most intensively studied archaeological sites, and a host of original ideas concerning its economic and political history. This original study follows a narrative approach, setting archaeological data firmly within its historical context. London was perhaps converted from a fort built at the time of the Roman conquest, where the emperor Claudius arrived to celebrate his victory in AD 43, to become the commanding city from which Rome supported its military occupation of Britain. London grew to support Rome's campaigning forces, and the book makes a close study of the political and economic consequences of London's role as a supply base. Rapid growth generated a new urban landscape, and this study provides a comprehensive guide to the industry and architecture of the city. The story, traced from new archaeological research, shows how the city was twice destroyed in war, and suffered more lastingly from plagues of the second and third centuries. These events had a critical bearing on the reforms of late antiquity, from which London emerged as a defended administrative enclave only to be deserted when Rome failed to maintain political control. This ground-breaking study brings new information and arguments to our study of the way in which Rome ruled, and how the empire failed.
Download or read book Field Methods and Post Excavation Techniques in Late Antique Archaeology written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeologists working on late antique sites have not spent enough time thinking about methodology. Their focus has been on recovering and cataloguing evidence, or on the study of specific historical problems. Digging has often been more important than publishing, which has rarely extended beyond the basic summaries found in preliminary reports. The re-emergence of clearance excavation, fuelled by the demands of tourism, has further reduced the value of urban excavations in the East Mediterranean. Here, late antique levels have suffered, in the hunt for photogenic early imperial architecture. This volume attempts to address this situation by offering a critique of present practice and a series of exemplars, alongside discussion articles on field technique and post-excavation analysis. The articles ranges from urban survey to the study of finds. The book also considers if we need to develop specific field methods appropriate to the study of late antiquity. Contributors are John Bintliff, Jeremy Evans, Axel Gering, Stefan Groh, Yoshiki Hori, Nikolaos D. Karydis, Veli Köse, Luke Lavan, Zsolt Magyar, Philip Mills, John Pearce, Steve Roskams, Helga Sedlmayer, Ellen Swift, Itamar Taxel, Douglas Underwood, Lutgarde Vandeput and Joe Williams.
Download or read book Roman and Medieval Development South of Newgate written by Ken Pitt and published by Mola (Museum of London Archaeology). This book was released on 2006 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Important new evidence of Londons 2nd-century AD Roman pottery industry has been found along the western side of a tributary of the Walbrook stream. Up to eight kilns, producing Verulamium region white ware, and a probable potters workshop represent two phases of production. The findings indicate that much of the pottery thought to have been produced outside the settlement may come from these kilns. Pottery production went into decline in the second half of the 2nd century AD, though residual evidence was found of nearby glass working and other industries. Later Roman and medieval activity was largely truncated by modern basements.
Download or read book Londinium A Biography written by Richard Hingley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-23 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *** Winner of the PROSE Award (2019) for Classics *** This major new work on Roman London brings together the many new discoveries of the last generation and provides a detailed overview of the city from before its foundation in the first century to the fifth century AD. Richard Hingley explores the archaeological and historical evidence for London under the Romans, assessing the city in the context of its province and the wider empire. He explores the multiple functions of Londinium over time, considering economy, industry, trade, status and urban infrastructure, but also looking at how power, status, gender and identity are reflected through the materiality of the terrain and waterscape of the evolving city. A particular focus of the book is the ritual and religious context in which these activities occurred. Hingley looks at how places within the developing urban landscape were inherited and considers how the history and meanings of Londinium built upon earlier associations from its recent and ancient past. As well as drawing together a much-needed synthesis of recent scholarship and material evidence, Hingley offers new perspectives that will inspire future debate and research for years to come. This volume not only provides an accessible introduction for undergraduate students and anyone interested in the ancient city of London, but also an essential account for more advanced students and scholars.
Download or read book At Home in Roman Egypt written by Anna Lucille Boozer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book draws together a wide range of evidence across disciplines to show how the ordinary people of Roman Egypt experienced and enacted change.
Download or read book Roman Roadside Settlement and Rural Landscape at Brentford written by Robert Cowie and published by Mola (Museum of London Archaeology). This book was released on 2013 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excavations in Syon Park, Brentford, have made a substantial contribution to our knowledge of this Roman rural settlement on the London-Silchester road, by a ford across the Thames. The site yielded a well-dated sequence - from the mid 1st to early 5th century AD - including occupation deposits and two 2nd-century timber buildings destroyed by fire, as well as details of the main road and adjacent field system. These and a large assemblage of finds, including a surgical instrument and a roundel depicting the Medusa, provide a rare glimpse of life in the countryside in the hinterland of Londinium. A detailed overview of Roman Brentford (the first to be published since 1978) is included.
Download or read book Late 17th to 19th century Burial and Earlier Occupation at All Saints Chelsea Old Church Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea written by Robert Cowie and published by Mola (Museum of London Archaeology). This book was released on 2008 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Detailed study of Chelsea's past began in the early 18th century, but until the mid 1990s little archaeological information was available and local histories relied heavily on other sources. In recent years excavations near All Saints, Chelsea Old Church, in the historic core of the settlement, have begun to remedy this problem." "Excavations at 2-4 Old Church Street revealed evidence for prehistoric activity, a Roman rural settlement, and gardens and domestic occupation associated with a nearby medieval manor house. Most of the evidence for settlement, however, dated to the post-medieval period, which saw the transition of Chelsea from a village to a suburb." "A substantial part of the volume is concerned with the churchyard where the skeletons of 290 parishioners buried between c. 1700 and the mid 19th century were recovered. Identification of 21 individuals included two members of the Hand family who ran the famous Chelsea Bun House. Various aspects of the cemetery are addressed including its layout, graves, burial vaults, coffins, funerary clothing and personal items found." "Analysis of 198 skeletons has provided valuable demographic data for comparison with groups from London's urban cemeteries, and provides information about the health of the community for which there is no documentary evidence. Subjects discussed include biometric data, palaeopathology and the accuracy of osteological age and sex determination."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book At the Limits of Lundenwic written by Louise Fowler (Archaeologist) and published by Mola (Museum of London Archaeology). This book was released on 2013 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the results of the archaeological investigation of a large site in Lundenwic. A fragmentary sequence nevertheless includes possible Early Saxon activity, 7th- and 8th-century settlement features and the latest radiocarbon-dated inhumation in Lundenwic (cal AD 720-950).
Download or read book Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society written by London and Middlesex Archaeological Society and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains the Society's proceedings, reports, list of members, etc.
Download or read book Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology written by British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology. Conference and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 2007 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 14 papers from the conference which are organised into three loose themes. The first concerns the study of human remains from within London and includes specific studies as well as more general comments on legal issues. The second provides a series of individual case studies dealing primarily with palaeopathological topics. The third contains papers that consider and devlop methods of analysis.
Download or read book Roman Waterfront Development at 12 Arthur Street City of London written by Dan Swift and published by Mola (Museum of London Archaeology). This book was released on 2008 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study brings to light new evidence for the Claudian waterfront and construction of the terracing along the natural slope of the riverbank. Post-Boudican and Hadrianic developments included the construction of two, more solid, timber quays built in c A.D. 70-80/3 and subsequently in c A.D. 120 as tidal regression generally hastened the decline of the port. The remains of major buildings include a possible early bathhouse as well as 1st- to mid 3rd-century A.D. high-status buildings with hypocausts, paved floors, mosaics and painted wall plaster. One of these may be part of a building previously recorded at the adjacent site of Suffolk House, where it was interpreted as a goldsmith's premises. Other buildings at Arthur Street are interpreted as high-status residential complexes or townhouses. Alongside the buildings was a large well containing the remarkably well-preserved elements of an elaborate rotary water-lifting device consisting of the wooden buckets and Iron linking chain.
Download or read book A Roman Drainage Culvert Great Fire Destruction Debris and Other Evidence from Hillside Sites North east of London Bridge written by Ian M. Blair and published by Mola (Museum of London Archaeology). This book was released on 2007 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two 1998 excavations provide important new evidence of Roman and later development on the terraced ground north of the Thames and south of Cornhill. The Monument House site lay just north-east of the Roman bridgehead, immediately behind river quays and warehouses. First-century landscaping and gravel quarries were followed by timber buildings. Early 3rd-century redevelopment included a substantial masonry building and a subterranean drainage culvert which carried dirty water south from Cornhill to the Thames. It remained in use until the mid 4th century AD and has been preserved in situ beneath the new development. At 13-21 Eastcheap early buildings were sealed by Hadrianic fire debris. Rebuilding included timber drains and fragmentary masonry buildings. Later reoccupation at Monument House included a 10th-century AD sunken-floored building and medieval properties. A large 15th-century tenement east of Botolph Lane and north of Cat Lane was remodelled before destruction in the Great Fire. The finds assemblage includes rare ironwork, an ornate fireplace and decorated tiles. At 13-21 Eastcheap isolated medieval pits contained animal bone possibly related to Eastcheap's role as a centre of butchery.
Download or read book The Doulton Stoneware Pothouse in Lambeth written by Kieron Tyler and published by Mola (Museum of London Archaeology). This book was released on 2005 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excavations at 9 Albert Embankment in the London Borough of Lambeth uncovered important new evidence for one of the lesser-known 'pothouses' of the Doulton company. This small pottery factory operated from the 1870s to 1926 and its main products were stoneware bottles, essentially the containers for products such as ginger beer and ink. While these types of stoneware vessel are a common find on archaeological sites, their actual manufacturing process has rarely been studied. The remains of five 'downdraught' pottery kilns were recorded in the MoLAS excavations of 2001-2. Two of the kilns formed part of the first pothouse of the 1870s, and there were three more kilns from the enlarged pothouse of the 1890s. At their demolition, the kilns were backfilled with a mixture of whole pots, kiln furniture and refractory bricks: it is this significant body of material that has enabled a study of both the products and the manufacturing process. The book sets the pottery in its historical context, and explores the links between Henry Doulton, the proprietor, and other Victorian businessmen. The publication shows how Doulton exploited Lambeth in pursuit of the mass market.
Download or read book Investigating the Maritime History of Rotherhithe written by Kieron Heard and published by Mola (Museum of London Archaeology). This book was released on 2003 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid 17th century a timber river wall allowed occupation of marginal land. The site was used as a timber yard and then developed as a commercial wharf, with new waterfronts constructed in deeper water. In the second half of the 18th century the Woolcombe family of shipbuilders developed a new river frontage and a wet dock. In the early 19th century the Beatson family adapted the site as a ship-breakers' yard and built a fashionable dwelling house overlooking the wet dock and a warehouse. The findings at Pacific Wharf provide important insights into post-medieval woodworking techniques, and other key aspects of ship-building technology. This concise and extensively illustrated volume documents these processes in their archaeological context, providing an illuminating account of Southwark's maritime history.
