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Disease in London, 1st-19th centuries: an illustrated guide to diagnosis
This book is designed to appeal to students and practitioners of osteology and paleopathology, medical historians and forensic archaeologists; it can be used as a reference guide in the field and the laboratory. Human health affects all aspects of everyday life and skeletal remains represent direct evidence of the experiences...Walker, Don
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The Spitalfields suburb 1539-c 1880: Excavations at Spitalfields Market, London E1, 1991-2007
This volume of the Spitalfields series covers the period from the closure of the medieval priory of St Mary Spital in the 1530s to the 19th century and reconnects the archaeological assemblages with documentary evidence in order to describe the early modern suburb, its people and their possessions. From the...Harward, Chiz ; Holder, Nick ; Jeffries, Nigel
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Doctors, Dissection and Resurrection Men: excavations in the 19th-century burial ground of the London Hospital, 2006
In 2006, archaeological excavations in the grounds of the Royal London Hospital uncovered the remains of a burial ground used primarily for deceased but unclaimed patients. The buried population included at least 259 people who died between c 1825 and 1841. These were mostly adult and male, and many, prior...Fowler, Louise ; Powers, Natasha
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The Cistercian abbey of St Mary Graces, East Smithfield London
Founded in a time of war and pestilence by a renowned king, St Mary Graces, East Smithfield, was established in 1350 by Edward III on the site of a Black Death burial ground. This report presents the results of large-scale excavation in 1983–8 and post-excavation analysis of this, the last...Grainger, Ian ; Phillpotts, Christopher
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New Bunhill Fields burial ground, Southwark: excavations at Globe Academy, 2008
Documentary sources suggest that from c 1821–53 up to 33,000 burials may have taken place in the commercial Nonconformist burial ground at New Bunhill Fields, Southwark. Excavation of 827 wooden coffin burials in 2008 allows comparisons of the use of the burial ground, coffin furniture and burial finds with other...Miles, Adrian
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Roman occupation south-east of the forum: excavations at 20 Fenchurch Street, City of London, 2008-9
Excavations near the Roman forum on Londinium’s eastern hill (modern Cornhill) revealed archaeological evidence from the earliest period of London’s history. Intensive domestic occupation from c AD 50–5 was interrupted by the Boudican fire of AD 60/61 and construction of a temporary fort of c AD 63–85; possibly fort-related features...Wroe-Brown, Robin
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The upper Walbrook valley cemetery of Roman London: Excavations at Finsbury Circus, City of London, 1987-2007
The unusual quantity of skulls found in the sediments of the Roman Walbrook stream in London has been attributed to a range of causes, from the disposal of massacre victims to the continuity of a largely imagined pre-Roman ‘cult of the head’. Excavations in Finsbury Circus offer a more prosaic...Harward, Chiz ; Powers, Natasha ; Watson, Sadie
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The Deptford royal dockyard and manor of Sayes Court, London: Excavations 2000-12
The largest-ever excavation of a naval dockyard revealed storehouses, docks, slipways, cover buildings, mast ponds, a smithy and other structures. These remains are integrated with maps and documents to chart the yard’s development, from its opening in the early 16th century to its closure in 1869. Countless ships – among...Francis, Antony
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The New Churchyard: from Moorfields Marsh to Bethlem burial ground, Brokers Row and Liverpool Street
Archaeological investigations for Crossrail at Liverpool Street revealed the development of this area, from the medieval marsh of Moorfields to municipal, non-parochial, burial ground and later suburb. The New Churchyard, or ‘Bethlem’ as it was later known, was established after the severe plague of 1563 and was in use from...Hartle, Robert
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An early Roman fort and urban development on Londinium's eastern hill: Excavations at Plantation Place, City of London, 1997-2003
This publication details the discovery and excavation in 1997–2003 at Plantation Place of a previously unknown Roman fort, on the edge of the early town. Built c AD 63 as a direct response to the sacking of Londinium by queen of the Iceni, Boudica, in AD 60/61, the formidable earthwork...Dunwoodie, Lesley ; Harward, Chiz ; Pitt, Ken