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2015
Book
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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2007
Book
Development on Roman London's western hill: excavations at Paternoster Square, City of London
Redevelopment allowed reassessment of 1960s work and review of Roman activity on the western hill south of the main east–west road. Evidence of pre-Roman drainage towards the Fleet valley was overlain by the main road and external activity dated to c AD 50. Pre-Boudican strip buildings lay along the main...Watson, Sadie
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2003
Book
An excavation in the western cemetery of Roman London: Atlantic House, City of London
Important new evidence of Roman London’s western cemetery has been found at Atlantic House, along the banks of the River Fleet and on both sides of Watling Street. Late 1st-century AD land reclamation was followed by the establishment of the cemetery. A total of 19 inhumations and 29 cremations were...Watson, Sadie
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2019
Journal article
Whither archaeologists? Continuing challenges to field practice
Current archaeological practice in the UK and elsewhere focuses on the collection of empirical data. While scholars have proposed theoretical advances in field techniques, very few of these methods have been adopted in commercial archaeology. A combination of increased time pressure on development projects and the conservatism of the sector...Watson, Sadie