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Preserving archaeological remains in situ? Proceedings of the conference of 1st-3rd April, 1996
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...Corfield, M. ; Hinton, P. ; Nixon, T. ; Pollard, M.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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