An Excavation In The Western Cemetery Of Roman London
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An Excavation In The Western Cemetery Of Roman London
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Author : Sadie Watson
language : en
Publisher: Mola (Museum of London Archaeology)
Release Date : 2003
An Excavation In The Western Cemetery Of Roman London written by Sadie Watson and has been published by Mola (Museum of London Archaeology) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
This report on the excavations at Atlantic House, London, describes and illustrates important new evidence of Roman London's western cemetery. The cemetery was established in the late 1st century AD, following land reclamation along the River Fleet, and abandoned in the 4th century. A total of 19 inhumation burials and 29 cremations were identified at the site, with the majority dating from the 2nd and 3rd centuries. Two timber coffins were rare survivals, and these were lifted and removed for conservation and display at the Museum of London. A rectangular pit lined with timber stakes may originally have been a water-filled feature of ritual significance. The osteological study indicates that the cemetery population was generally healthy, enjoying a balanced diet and suffering few serious diseases. This report provides a significant new contribution to our knowledge of Roman London's cemeteries, and augments recent studies of cemeteries to the east and south of the settlement.
The Western Cemetery Of Roman Cirencester
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Author : Neil Holbrook
language : en
Publisher: Cotswold Archaeological Trust
Release Date : 2017
The Western Cemetery Of Roman Cirencester written by Neil Holbrook and has been published by Cotswold Archaeological Trust this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Cemeteries categories.
Excavations in 2011 to 2015 within the Western Cemetery of Roman Cirencester resulted in the discovery of 118 inhumation and 8 cremation burials, the largest investigation of a Roman cemetery in Cirencester since the Bath Gate excavations of the 1970s. A greater quantity of grave goods was recovered from this cemetery compared to the Bath Gate cemetery, testifying to the higher status of those buried here. Nine burials survived within a postulated walled cemetery. The pottery from the fills of these graves had a clear emphasis on amphorae, flagons and tazze, indicative of funerary ceremonies involving the consumption of wine, or the pouring of it as libations, and the burning of substances. Just outside the walled cemetery, the burial of a 2 to 3-year-old child contained a magnificent enamelled bronze figurine of a cockerel, dateable to the 2nd century AD. Such figurines are rare finds, with only four or five similar examples known from Britain. Burial activity continued into the 4th century AD. One unusual later grave had a reused sculpted and inscribed tombstone placed face down immediately over the coffin of an adult male. Only 15 inscribed tombstones have been previously recorded from Cirencester so this is a noteworthy discovery, made all the more important by its archaeological context. The tombstone is dedicated to a 27-year-old woman named Bodicacia and has a fine sculpted pediment containing a representation of the god Oceanus. Significantly the god's face and claws were deliberately mutilated prior to its placement within the grave, which could be a very rare example of Christian iconoclasm from Roman Britain.
A Romano British Cemetery On Watling Street
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Author : Anthony Mackinder
language : en
Publisher: Mola (Museum of London Archaeology)
Release Date : 2000
A Romano British Cemetery On Watling Street written by Anthony Mackinder and has been published by Mola (Museum of London Archaeology) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
Excavations in 1996 and 1997 at 165 Great Dover Street, Southwark uncovered important new evidence of burials and structures associated with a Roman roadside cemetery to the south-east of the Southwark. The cemetery was most extensive in the early third century, and indicates that construction of high-status mausolea and other burial structures extended about half a kilometre down Watling Street from the boundary of the settlement. The arrangement of the structures and lack of intercutting burials suggest that the cemetery held private plots used by wealthy families for extended periods of time. One of the burials contained the cremated remains of a female, with at least nine pottery tazze, eight pottery lamps with images of Anubis and a gladiator, and an exceptional array of plant remains, many imported from the Mediterranean, including stone pine, white almond and the first occurrence in London of date fruit.
In The Northern Cemetery Of Roman London
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Author : Malcolm McKenzie
language : en
Publisher: Mola Monograph
Release Date : 2020-04-30
In The Northern Cemetery Of Roman London written by Malcolm McKenzie and has been published by Mola Monograph this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-30 with History categories.
London's Spitalfields Market was the location of one of the city's largest archaeological excavations, carried out by MOLA between 1991 and 2007. This book presents the archaeological and bioarchaeological evidence for Roman activity here, to the north-east of the urban settlement and the site of a series of burial grounds on the east side of Ermine Street. Burial began here c AD 120 and continued into the 4th century AD. Excavation revealed a number of ditched enclosures, some used for the interment of 169 inhumations and five cremation burials, some for other purposes. Among the early burials men outnumbered women by five to one, but by the later 3rd and 4th centuries AD a more even sex ratio prevailed. Subadults were well represented, with one area apparently set aside for the burial of neonates and children. The cemetery attracted some particularly wealthy 4th-century AD burials, including at least two in stone sarcophagi, one of which contained an inner, decorated, lead coffin enclosing a young woman. She had been anointed with imported resins and buried in fine clothing, with unusual glassware and jet items. Some burial rites and grave goods are more familiar from Continental cemeteries, emphasising the cosmopolitan and mobile nature of London's population.
The Eastern Cemetery Of Roman London
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Author : Bruno Barber
language : en
Publisher: Museum of London Archaeology Svc
Release Date : 2000
The Eastern Cemetery Of Roman London written by Bruno Barber and has been published by Museum of London Archaeology Svc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
Reports on twelve excavations of Roman material which uncovered 550 inhumation and 136 cremation burials, and has revealed evidence for a wide variety of burial rites, structures, inscriptions and other features.
Roman Burials In Southwark
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Author : Victoria Ridgeway
language : en
Publisher: Pre Construct Archaeology
Release Date : 2013
Roman Burials In Southwark written by Victoria Ridgeway and has been published by Pre Construct Archaeology this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Archaeology, Medieval categories.
The extent of the Romano-British cemetery to the south of Londinium has only recently begun to be recognised. The excavations reported on in this publication took place on two sites in the London Borough of Southwark in 2003. Together these revealed over a hundred inhumations, along with two cremation burials, of second to late fourth or early fifth-century date. Both sites produced an impressive range of artefactual material, predominantly pottery, glass vessels, jewellery and beads, largely as gravegoods. A variety of burial practices was observed, including prone burials and bodies laid to rest on chalk. A grave at Lant Street contained the multiple burial of a young male, child and infant interred with a range of pottery vessels. Amongst the more richly-provisioned inhumations was that of an adolescent buried with an ivory-handled knife in the form of a leopard; fittings of carved bone and copper alloy by the foot of this burial probably once adorned a wooden casket or box. This publication presents the results of the excavations, including detailed artefactual reports and osteological analyses, with a synthesised catalogue of data for each burial. A collaborative program of isotopic analysis was undertaken to help identify the possible geographic origin and dietary habits of the inhabitants. The results, presented here, show that many of those individuals tested may have spent their childhood close to the Mediterranean. Analysis of carbon and nitrogen isotopes suggests the population avoided the consumption of fish. This monograph presents only a fraction of a rapidly expanding body of data relating to burial across the suburb and is the first from the London region to include an extensive study of diet and migration through isotopic analysis.
The Upper Walbrook Valley Cemetery Of Roman London
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Author : Chiz Harward
language : de
Publisher: Mola Monograph
Release Date : 2015
The Upper Walbrook Valley Cemetery Of Roman London written by Chiz Harward and has been published by Mola Monograph this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with History categories.
Six excavations (1987-2007) at Finsbury Circus on the north side of the City of London uncovered over 130 Romano-British burials, part of the upper Walbrook cemetery, to the west of the better-known 'northern' cemetery (around Bishopsgate). Set within an area of marginal land, traversed by meandering tributary streams of the Walbrook, the cemetery provides intriguing insights into the management of burial space and attitudes to the dead, and a solution to one of the most intriguing problems of London's Roman archaeology - the origin of the 'Walbrook skulls'. The cemetery was in use by the end of the 1st century AD, with most activity dated to c AD 120-200, but occasional interments continued into the 4th century AD. The majority of the graves are typical of the cemeteries of Roman London, but two individuals buried with heavy iron leg rings, apparently forged around the ankles after death are of special interest. What is remarkable about this cemetery is that human remains, particularly skulls, became exposed, were washed out and transported downstream by floods, migrating Walbrook tributaries and drainage channels. That burial continued in such conditions suggests either that this watershed area (and the taphonomic transformations on display) held significance for those using the cemetery, or that their choice of burial location was restricted.
Life And Death In A Roman City
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Author : Andrew Simmonds
language : en
Publisher: Oxford Archaeology Monograph
Release Date : 2008
Life And Death In A Roman City written by Andrew Simmonds and has been published by Oxford Archaeology Monograph this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
This site report presents the findings from an August 2004-January 2006 excavation of a Roman burial site in Gloucester, including a first century CE cemetery and a mass grave of at least 91 individuals from the second half of the second century. Long sections discuss the human remains and the grave catalogue, the finds and environmental evidence, and a synoptic discussion of the gravesite as a whole. Color images and black-and-white renderings accompany the text.
The Excavation Of Roman And Mediaeval London
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Author : W. F. Grimes
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-10-24
The Excavation Of Roman And Mediaeval London written by W. F. Grimes and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-24 with Social Science categories.
This is an immensely fascinating work, published originally in 1968, which is of great value in understanding London’s past. The immediate background to the excavations was the bombing of London during the Second World War, which led to the destruction of more than fifty of the three hundred and fifty or so acres that make up the walled city. The interval before rebuilding was a magnificent opportunity for archaeological excavation. The Royal Society of Antiquaries of London established the Roman and Mediaeval London Excavation Council to organise an extended programme which began in July 1947 and went on until 1962. This volume reports on the major series of excavations and deals in detail with Cripplegate, the Temple of Mithras and many mediaeval churches including St Bride’s, Fleet Street.
The Roman Cemetery At Lankhills
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Author : Giles Clarke
language : en
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2021-12-30
The Roman Cemetery At Lankhills written by Giles Clarke and has been published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-30 with History categories.
This book considers the cemetery uncovered outside the north gate of Venta Belgarum, Roman Winchester, and analyses in detail both the graves and their contents. There are detailed studies and important re-assessments of many categories of object, but it is the information about late Roman burial, religion, and society which is of special interest.