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2005
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The royal palace, abbey and town of Westminster on Thorney Island: archaeological excavations (1991-8) for the London Underground Limited Jubilee Line Extension Project
The palace and abbey of Westminster has been the pre-eminent royal, religious and governmental centre in England since the 11th century – home of English monarchs until the reign of Henry VIII and then of the House of Commons. The abbey was a royal church, site of the coronations of...Thomas, Christopher ; Cowie, Robert ; Sidell, Jane
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2001
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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
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2002
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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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1999
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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