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2009
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The glass workers of Roman London
Recycling may be a topical subject today, but it is an ancient practice. Glass was regularly recycled to make new vessels during the Roman period and important new evidence for glass working in London came from 35 Basinghall Street, with the discovery, in 2005, of over 70kg of broken glass...Shepherd, John ; Wardle, Angela
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2009
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Roman Southwark settlement and economy
This report presents an overview of Roman urban development in London south of the Thames. The establishment of the Roman bridge and the first approach roads and landing places made Southwark an ideal location for the development of facilities for the trans-shipment of goods between land and river. A wide...Cowan, Carrie ; Seeley, Fiona ; Wardle, Angela ; Westman, Andrew
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2013
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Roman roadside settlement and rural landscape at Brentford: archaeological investigations at Hilton London Syon Park Hotel, 2004-10
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...Cowie, Robert ; Thorp, Amy ; Wardle, Angela
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2015
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Glass working on the margins of Roman London: Excavations at 35 Basinghall Street, City of London 2005
New insights into the workings of Londinium’s glass industry and its craftsmen in the later 2nd century AD come from the analysis of over 70kg of broken vessel glass and production waste from a pit in a marginal area in the north-west of the Roman city, in the upper Walbrook...Wardle, Angela ; Freestone, Ian ; McKenzie, Malcolm ; Shepherd, John