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The Bronze Age landscape of Greenwich Peninsula
Nicholls, Mary
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Saxon London : milestones and challenges
Cowie, Robert
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Excavations at Moorgate Telephone Exchange, London EC2Y
Lewis, Hana
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Excavations at 41 Eastcheap, London EC3
Pitt, Ken
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The Guy's Hospital Roman boat fifty years on
Watson, Bruce
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The church and cloisters of Austin Friars
Holder, N. ; Samuel, M. ; Betts, I.
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A third late Saxon floor tile from London
Betts, Ian
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Mitigation of construction impact on archaeological remains
This book will be invaluable for all archaeologists involved in fieldwork and site management where construction is involved. Operations typically employed during development, from groundworks through to post-construction activity, are described and the likely changes to the burial environment at all these stages outlined. Ways of mitigating the potential damage...MOLA
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Gladiators at the Guildhall: the story of London's Roman amphitheatre and medieval Guildhall
For over a hundred years people had searched for the Roman amphitheatre of London. In 1988, during a dig at the City's medieval Guildhall, the astonishing discovery was made. The curving stone walls of the arena and timber beams for the seating tiers confirmed that the gladiators' place of spectacle...Bateman, Nick
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The Cross Bones burial ground, Redcross Way, Southwark, London: archaeological excavations (1991-1998) for the London Underground Limited Jubilee Line Extension Project (out of print)
The 19th-century parish of St Saviour’s, Southwark, teemed with people – the poor and destitute living in overcrowded houses with bad hygiene, drainage and waste disposal, and an inadequate and polluted water supply. This report combines archaeological, biological and documentary evidence, using this sample of 148 burials from the mid...Brickley, Megan ; Miles, Adrian ; Stainer, Hilary
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The archaeology of Greater London: an assessment of archaeological evidence for human presence in the area now covered by Greater London
It is nearly 25 years since the last major survey of the archaeology of the London region was written. In that quarter-century some of the most extraordinary evidence of our past has come to light: a 9000 year-old hunting camp in Uxbridge, a 2-mile-long prehistoric band-and-ditch cursus monument at Stanwell,...MOLA
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Aspects of Medieval and Later Southwark: Archaeological Excavations (1991-8) for the London Underground Limited Jubilee Line Extension Project
This short monograph presents finds from medieval and later Southwark uncovered during construction of the Jubilee Line Extension at London Bridge Station. Evidence of the medieval environment includes early land reclamation and drainage. The priory of St Mary Overie and St Thomas’s Hospital stood on the site of Southwark Cathedral,...Knight, Heather
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A Research Framework for London Archaeology
A research framework for London archaeology follows The archaeology of Greater London (MoLAS 2000) and is intended to be used in conjunction with it to realise the potential of the London Archaeological Archive, to manage the archaeological resource more effectively, and to generate more focused research. Chronological periods are summarised...Nixon, Taryn ; McAdam, Ellen ; Tomber, Roberta ; Swain, Hedley
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Excavations at the priory and hospital of St Mary Spital, London
In 1197, a modest hospital was founded on the fringes of the City of London. It grew to become one of the most significant institutions for the care of London's sick poor in medieval times. Exactly 800 years later, following extensive archaeological excavations and research, the Museum of London Archaeology...Thomas, Christopher ; Sloane, Barney ; Phillpotts, Christopher
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The National Roman Fabric Reference Collection: a handbook
The National Roman Fabric Reference Collection (NRFRC), located in the British Museum, aims to provide an infrastructure for future research into Romano-British pottery, providing a standard for the identification and description of Roman pottery types. This handbook presents standardised fabric descriptions for both imported and Romano-British wares, accompanied by black...Tomber, Roberta ; Dore, John
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London bridge: 2000 years of a river crossing
London exists today because almost 2000 years ago the Romans realised it was the lowest convenient point where the Thames estuary could be bridged. The main phase of the Roman bridge apparently went out of use during the 4th century AD. The Thames was not bridged again until c 1000,...Watson, Bruce ; Brigham, Trevor ; Dyson, Tony
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Settlement in Roman Southwark: archaeological excavations (1991-8) for the London Underground Limited Jubilee Line Extension Project
This volume presents important discoveries relating to the origins and development of Roman Southwark from excavations near London Bridge Station, in advance of the new Jubilee Line Extension. In the prehistoric period the area was occupied by a series of sandy islands in the tidal reaches of the Thames. The...Drummond-Murray, James ; Thompson, Pete
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Heart of the city: Roman, medieval and modern London revealed by archaeology at 1 Poultry
This book is about a remarkable archaeological dig on a site which has been at the heart of London for the last 2000 years. In the 1990s, hidden from public view, a team of archaeologists worked in what would become the basement of new offices at 1 Poultry. They uncovered...Rowsome, Peter
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Investigating the maritime history of Rotherhithe: excavations at Pacific Wharf, 165 Rotherhithe Street, Southwark
The archaeological work at Pacific Wharf, Rotherhithe, has provided a fascinating insight into the rich maritime heritage of the Thames waterfront. The land was occupied in the 17th century, by first a timber yard and then a commercial wharf. Shipbuilding arrived in the 18th century, and in the early 19th...Heard, Kieron ; Goodburn, Damian
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The big dig: archaeology and the Jubilee Line Extension
Between 1992 and 1998 the £2.76 billion Jubilee Line Extension Project was the largest civil engineering project in Europe. Running through Westminster and north Southwark, it traverses some of the most archaeologically sensitive areas of London, ending up at Stratford on top of a medieval abbey. The tunnels for the...Drummond-Murray, James ; Thomas, Chris ; Sidell, Jane
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Roman and medieval Cripplegate, City of London: excavations 1992-8
The discovery of the fort at Cripplegate after the Second World War revolutionised our understanding of Roman London. Redevelopment between 1995 and 2000 presented a unique opportunity to re-examine the sites. Bronze Age field ditches were sealed by early Roman domestic buildings contemporary with the nearby timber amphitheatre. The 2nd-century...Howe, Elizabeth ; Lakin, David
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The prehistory and topography of Southwark and Lambeth
This book is the first concerted attempt to synthesise the available prehistoric and topographic information from the area of north Southwark and Lambeth, London, in the period c 9500 cal BC to c AD 50. The interplay between environmental and riverine change and human communities is considered within broad themes,...Sidell, Jane ; Cotton, Jonathan ; Rayner, Louise ; Wheeler, Lucy
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Lambeth Unearthed: an archaeological history of Lambeth
Although the Borough of Lambeth is a modern creation, human activity there reaches back to the Ice Ages. Since then the ebb and flow of people and events has endowed Lambeth with its rich and varied heritage. Archaeologists have dug in numerous places across the borough, unearthing the evidence for...Gower, Graham
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The Limehouse porcelain manufactory: excavations at 108-116 Narrow Street, London, 1990
The Limehouse porcelain manufactory was amongst the very first of the English porcelain production centres, founded in the mid 18th century within a year of Bow and Chelsea. The pothouse was functioning by early 1745, but production was short-lived and it went out of business by early 1748. In early...Tyler, Kieron ; Stephenson, Roy ; Owen, J. Victor ; Phillpotts, Christopher
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Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, City of London: an archaeological reconstruction and history
This is an archaeological, architectural and historical study of one of the largest complexes of buildings in the medieval City of London, but one which is largely unknown and of which only two fragments survive above ground today. It is the fifth volume in a series on the monasteries of...Schofield, John ; Lea, Richard
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Roman defences and medieval industry: excavations at Baltic House, City of London
Excavations on the site of the Baltic Exchange, badly damaged by a bomb in 1994 and now the location of Foster’s Swiss Re tower, uncovered evidence of a late 1st-century defensive ditch which formed part of Londinium’s early town boundary. A single late Roman building was recorded, along with a...Howe, Elizabeth
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Becoming Roman: excavation of a Late Iron Age to Romano-British landscape at Monkston Park, Milton Keynes
Occupation along the east side of the Ouzel valley included a Late Iron Age field system and a cremation cemetery, with Catuvellauni funerary traditions continuing into the Roman post-conquest period. Later 1st-century AD fields, timber structures and a large enclosure were associated with farming near Roman Watling Street. The enclosure,...Bull, Raoul ; Davis, Simon
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London's archaeological secrets: a world city revealed
Humming with the energy of millions of residents, workers, shoppers, and tourists, London is one of the world’s most vital modern cities. It is also a city of immense historic interest. This extravagantly illustrated book digs deeply into London’s past, examining recent archaeological discoveries that have revised and enriched our...Thomas, Chris ; Chopping, Andy ; Wellman, Tracy
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Preserving archaeological remains in situ? Proceedings of the 2nd conference 12-14 September 2001
This collection of papers and posters presented at the second 'Preserving Archaeological Remains in situ?' (PARIS2) conference which set out to address three main themes: to review recent research; to examine the relative successes and consequences of decisions – especially those taken in the last decade or so – to...Nixon, Taryn
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The Holocene evolution of the London Thames: archaeological excavations (1991-1998) for the London Underground Limited Jubilee Line Extension Project
London Underground's 1990s Jubilee Line Extension Project was rich in archaeology. This third book in the Project's archaeological series considers the new evidence for the Holocene environment of central London. The book's emphasis is explicitly geoarchaeological; results from a series of sites describe the sedimentary and ecological process operating in...Sidell, Jane ; Wilkinson, Keith ; Scaife, Robert ; Cameron, Nigel