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Utility Trenches, Folgate Street, London, E1, Report on an Archaeological Watching Brief
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The discovery of a Roman fort at Cripplegate, City of London: Excavations by W F Grimes 1947-68
No full textWhen Grimes received a CBE for the discovery of the Temple of Mithras, he remarked that he was proud but wished that it had been in recognition of his work at Cripplegate – the discovery of the Mithraeum was ‘a fluke’. His initial objective at Cripplegate was to understand the dating sequence of the city’s defences. He soon discovered that the outline of the walls there represented the location of a 2nd-century fort which had gone out of use by the early 3rd century. Grimes pieced together over a 15-year period the outline and main sequence of the Cripplegate fort – his detailed research, published here, significantly enhanced our understanding of the Roman city of Londinium
Doctors, Dissection and Resurrection Men: excavations in the 19th-century burial ground of the London Hospital, 2006 (reprint)
No full textIn 2006, archaeological excavations in the grounds of the Royal London Hospital uncovered the remains of a burial ground used primarily for deceased but unclaimed patients. The buried population included at least 259 people who died between c 1825 and 1841. These were mostly adult and male, and many, prior to the Anatomy Act of 1832, had been dissected or subjected to autopsy; this took place alongside the vivisection of animals, including exotic species. A wealth of primary documentation is combined with the archaeological evidence to reveal the day-to-day life of the hospital and the complex relationship between medical innovation and criminal activity in the early 19th century. Doctors, dissection and resurrection men, was a major exhibition at the Museum of London in 2012-13
A bioarchaeological study of medieval burials on the site of St Mary Spital: excavations at Spitalfields Market, London E1, 1991-2007
No full textMajor excavations on the site of the Augustinian priory and hospital of St Mary Spital uncovered the remains of over 10,500 human skeletons. Unprecedented accuracy of dating and phasing of the cemetery was achieved using a targeted programme of stratigraphic and radiocarbon dating techniques, resulting in four chronological periods of burials. Osteological analysis of a sample of 5387 skeletons has provided a unique insight into the lives of medieval Londoners from the 12th to the early 16th centuries. Many of the skeletons showed evidence of disease and injury and the results of this major project are integrated into a biocultural framework, which includes the recurrent famines and epidemics of the time
New Bunhill Fields burial ground, Southwark: excavations at Globe Academy, 2008
No full textDocumentary sources suggest that from c 1821–53 up to 33,000 burials may have taken place in the commercial Nonconformist burial ground at New Bunhill Fields, Southwark. Excavation of 827 wooden coffin burials in 2008 allows comparisons of the use of the burial ground, coffin furniture and burial finds with other contemporary cemeteries. Of particular interest is the good level of preservation of floral remains in a child’s coffin, ceramic plates in a woman’s coffin and good examples of burial clothing. The 514 skeletons selected for full osteological analysis, demonstrating a broad spectrum of disease conditions, provide a wealth of information about life and death in this area of 19th-century London
Central Section Project Fieldwork Report Archaeological Watching Brief on Combined Utilities Diversions at Moorgate Shaft (XSP10) C257-MLA-X-RGN-CRG02-50130
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King Solomon High School, London, IG6, Report on an Archaeological Evaluation
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