Guy reflects on an amazing week of discoveries and also on the element of trial and error within the archaeological method.
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- Guy Hunt |
- 24 days ago
Ruth’s journal entry on the excitement of excavating a skeleton.
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- Ruth Rolfe |
- 35 days ago
A Strange and Wonderful City...
Tags: burials, cemetery, cremation, religion, roman, votive offering, worshipGuy reflects on the discovery of a Roman funerary building and on the diversity of belief in the Roman world as seen in the Eastern Cemetery.
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- Guy Hunt |
- 38 days ago
Photo diary 26th August 2008
Tags: archaeology, burials, cemetery, prescot street, site staff, skeleton
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 41 days ago
Sickness and Death in Roman London
Posted under: the-site >> Roman Tags: burials, cemetery, cremation, environmental archaeology, evidence, grave, grave goods, inhumation, organic material, pit, roman, settlement, soil, soil samplesThis article provides information about the types of diseases and causes of death that can be identified from evidence found at Prescot Street.
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 75 days ago
Burial Practices in the East London Roman Cemetery
Posted under: the-site >> Roman Tags: beliefs, burials, cemetery, community, cremation, evidence, god, goddess, grave, grave goods, history, inhumation, inscriptions, jars, objects, prescot street, pyre, religion, roman, shrine, skeleton, soil samples, supine, temple, urn, worshipThis article provides an overview of the types of burial practises that can be identified from the excavations that have taken place in the East London Roman cemetery area.
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 76 days ago
Liz, context 1049 and Roman burials
Tags: bone, cemetery, coins, context, cremation, drain, evidence, excavation, feature, grave, grave goods, horn core, horn core pit, pottery, prescot street, roman, site staff, skeleton, soak-away, urnLiz’s latest journal entry for 17th June, about cremation burials, inhumation burials and the process of excavating them.
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- Elisabet Schager |
- 111 days ago
Supervisor's report for Friday 6th June
Tags: beliefs, bone, burials, cemetery, cremation, excavation, feature, grave, grave goods, inhumation, photo diary, religion, roman, site staff, skeleton, workAshley’s Supervisor’s Report for the 6th June
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- Ashley Pooley |
- 117 days ago
Łukasz and context 1032
Tags: burials, cemetery, context, excavation, feature, grave, grave goods, inhumation, prescot street, roman, site staff, skeleton, work- Read More...
- Lorna Richardson |
- 123 days ago
David Ross: My first impressions
Tags: burials, cemetery, medieval, post-medieval, prescot street, roman, south tenter street, workDavid Ross – his first week
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- David Ross |
- 126 days ago
Field Officers Report for period ending 22nd May 2008
Posted under: journal >> Reports Tags: burials, cemetery, cremation, deposits, drain, evidence, excavation, feature, inhumation, medieval, pit, post-medieval, quarry pit, soak-away, stratigraphy, urnFiled Officers report for the period ending 22nd May 2008
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- Chaz Morse |
- 130 days ago
Skelly belly
Tags: bone, burials, cemetery, context, cut, evidence, excavation, feature, fill, grave, grave goods, layer, photo diary, pit, post-medieval, site staff, skeleton, soak-away, workJournal entry by Sara Clancy
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- sara_clancy |
- 144 days ago
Going away and moving on
Tags: burials, cemetery, grave, inhumation, photo diary, post-medieval, quarry pit, website, workGuy reflects on going away on holiday from the site and also on our progress in finishing up in Zone 1 as we move into Zone 2.
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- Guy Hunt |
- 146 days ago
Video Episode 2 - First Signs of Burials
Posted under: galleries >> Video Tags: barrel well, burials, cemetery, conservation, cremation, pit, shovellingVideo episode 2 following the conservation of the first cremation on site and catching up with progress on site.
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- Anies Hassan |
- 151 days ago
On Shovelling and the Roman Cemetery
Tags: burials, cemetery, ditch, inhumation, pit, post-medieval, quarry pit, roman, shovelling, supineAshley reflects on the work he has been doing over the last couple of weeks.
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- Ashley Pooley |
- 152 days ago
Photo diary for 29th April 2008
Tags: bone, burials, cemetery, georgian, medieval, pit, post-medieval, pottery, prescot street, roman, site staff, skeleton, south tenter street, work
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- Guy Hunt |
- 159 days ago
Visitors, quarrying and Romans
Tags: aggregates, burials, cemetery, conservation, cremation, ditch, environmental archaeology, evaluation, evidence, excavation, feature, linear, linear feature, pit, post-medieval, quarry pit, roman, site staff, workGuy presents and update on progress on site and comments on a few areas he has found interesting over the past weeks.
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- Guy Hunt |
- 161 days ago
Roman Funerals
Posted under: learning >> School-Resources Tags: burials, cemetery, community, cremation, excavation, grave, grave goods, inhumation, objects, pyre, roman, shrineA short article about Roman funerals and burials, aimed at a younger audience.
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 203 days ago
The Eastern Roman Cemetery
Posted under: the-site >> Roman Tags: burials, cemetery, cremation, dating, deposits, evaluation, evidence, excavation, feature, grave, grave goods, roman, settlement, south tenter street, website, workFurther information on excavations of the East London Roman Cemetery undertaken by other archaeological organisations.
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 340 days ago