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2013
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Religion in medieval London: the archaeology of belief
Religious belief was central to the lives – and deaths – of all medieval Londoners. Archaeology sheds light on many aspects of that belief: from organised religion, both Christianity and Judaism, to superstition or witchcraft; places of worship, from the smallest parish churches to the great cathedral of St Paul;...Barber, Bruno ; Thomas, Christopher ; Watson, Bruce
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2015
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The evolution and exploitation of the Avon flood plain at Bath and the development of the southern suburb: Excavations at Southgate, Bath 2006-9
The SouthGate site lies between the River Avon and the southern defences of Roman and later Bath. This volume describes the evolution of the local Avon flood plain from the Pleistocene to the 20th century. Highlights include a large Early and Late Mesolithic lithic assemblage, Anglo-Saxon extramural activity, the Norman...Barber, Bruno ; Halsey, Craig ; Lewcun, Marek ; Phillpotts, Christopher
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2004
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The Cistercian abbey of St Mary Stratford Langthorne, Essex: archaeological excavations for the London Underground Limited Jubilee Line Extension Project
The Cistercian monastery of St Mary Stratford Langthorne once stood on land south of the new Jubilee Line station at Stratford. Excavations 1973–94 recorded large parts of the monastic church, cemetery and related buildings. Topics include the precinct arrangement, architecture and decoration, and the way of life of the inhabitants....Barber, Bruno ; Chew, Steve ; Dyson, Tony ; White, Bill
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2002
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The London Charterhouse
This monograph on the London Charterhouse, a Carthusian monastery founded in 1371 just outside the walled City, includes recent excavation evidence of the inner court of the Charterhouse. The result is a new, fully illustrated account of the development of the monastery, the pre-monastic use of the site as a...Barber, Bruno ; Thomas, Christopher
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2001
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The eastern cemetery of Roman London: excavations 1983-1990
In Roman London, the dead were buried beyond the limits of the settlement, and soon after the town was established cemeteries developed to the west, north and east of the settlement. From the late 1st to the early 5th century AD an extensive area east of the modern City of...Barber, Bruno ; Bowsher, David