Roman Burials on site
Tags: archaeology, burials, cremation, inhumation, photo diary, prescot street, skeleton
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 9 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 |
- 10 days ago
Secrets of the grave
Tags: archaeology, burials, cremation, grave, inhumation, prescot street, roman, site staff, skeletonTomasz’s first blog
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- Tomasz Moskal |
- 18 days ago
Photo diary 19th August 2008
Tags: archaeology, burials, cremation, horn core, horn core pit, inhumation, pit, post-medieval, prescot street, roman, site staff, skeleton, soak-away, work
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 19 days ago
Pyre - definition
Tags: cremationGlossary definition of pyre.
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 25 days ago
Guy comments on the results from medical imaging of the complete cremation from the site which featured in video episode 2.
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- Guy Hunt |
- 27 days ago
Field Officer's Report for June & July 2008
Posted under: journal >> Reports Tags: burials, cremation, deposits, drain, inhumation, medieval, pit, post-medieval, prescot street, quarry pit, roman, soak-away, south tenter streetChaz Morse’s Field Officer’s report for June and July 2008
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- Chaz Morse |
- 38 days ago
Glossary definition of columbarium
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 39 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 |
- 46 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 |
- 47 days ago
Adrian's first impressions
Tags: burials, cremation, grave, inhumation, prescot street, site staff, skeleton, workAdrian Carreton writes his first journal entry.
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- Adrian Carreton |
- 53 days ago
David Ross has an interesting feature.
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- David Ross |
- 65 days ago
Lost in a sea of misleading stratigraphy.
Tags: cremation, inhumation, pit, prescot street, quarry pit, soil, stratigraphyA blog by David Ross, esq.
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- David Ross |
- 68 days ago
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 81 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 |
- 82 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 |
- 88 days ago
Photo Diary 10th June 2008
Tags: building materials, cremation, evidence, excavation, photo diary, roman, site staff, work
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 88 days ago
Photo diary 6th June 2008
Tags: bone, burials, cremation, excavation, grave, grave goods, photo diary, pit, pottery, prescot street, roman, site staff, skeleton, south tenter street, work
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 88 days ago
Disturbing cremations..
Tags: bone, burials, coins, construction, cremation, evidence, excavation, feature, pit, quarry pit, roman, site staff, workDavid Ross writes about his last days actvities.
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- David Ross |
- 88 days ago
The Grave-y Train
Tags: bone, burials, cremation, grave, grave goods, inhumation, prescot street, roman, site staff, skeleton, soilGary Webster’s journal entry.
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- Gary Webster |
- 90 days ago
Photo diary for 4th June 2008
Tags: context, cremation, cut, evidence, fill, grave, grave goods, inhumation, jars, objects, prescot street, roman, site staff, urn
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 95 days ago
Photo diary for 3rd June 2008
Tags: burials, cremation, cut, ditch, evidence, excavation, feature, fill, photo diary, pit, post-medieval, post hole, prescot street, roman, soak-away, south tenter street, stratigraphy, work
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 95 days ago
Photo diary 29th May 2008
Tags: burials, cremation, cut, evidence, excavation, feature, fill, georgian, grave, grave goods, linear, photo diary, post-medieval, prescot street, roman, site staff, soak-away, well, work- Read More...
- Lorna Richardson |
- 97 days ago
Greg and context (961) - amongst others...
Tags: bone, burials, coins, cremation, excavation, feature, fill, grave, grave goods, inhumation, pit, roman, soil, stratigraphy, urnGreg Crees writes about the last few days on site and the cremation burials he has been excavating.
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- Gregory Crees |
- 101 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 |
- 101 days ago
Excavating Burials
Tags: burials, context, cremation, cut, digital project, evidence, excavation, feature, pit, roman, urnJournal entry by Greg Crees, who discusses his involvement in the recent lifting of an intact cremation urn and excavation of an inhumation.
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- Gregory Crees |
- 118 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 |
- 122 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 |
- 132 days ago
Photos from the 25th April 2008
Tags: cremation, ditch, excavation, feature, linear, linear feature, pit, post-medieval, roman, site staff
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 133 days ago
Field Officer's report for 21st April 2008
Posted under: journal >> Reports Tags: aggregates, construction, cremation, cut, dating, deposits, evidence, excavation, feature, fill, georgian, horn core, horn core pit, organic material, pit, post-medieval, quarry pit, soak-away, south tenter streetField Officer’s report for 21st April 2008
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- Chaz Morse |
- 139 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 |
- 174 days ago
Glossary definition of pyre goods
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 223 days ago
Glossary definition of pyre debris
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 223 days ago
Glossary definition of grave
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 223 days ago
Glossary definition of cremation
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 223 days ago
Bustum
Posted under: glossary >> Glossary Tags: burials, cremation, fill, grave, grave goods, pit, pyreGlossary definition of bustum
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 223 days ago
Glossary definition of the term Burial
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 223 days ago
Excavations at West Tenter Street in 1984
Posted under: the-site >> Previous-archaeological-work Tags: cremation, excavation, inhumation, romanThis is a brief summary of the work undertaken at the WTN84 site in West Tenter Street in 1984 by the DGLA.
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 299 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 |
- 311 days ago