Posted under: the-site >> Roman
Tags: burials,
cemetery,
cremation,
environmental archaeology,
evidence,
grave,
grave goods,
inhumation,
organic material,
pit,
roman,
settlement,
soil,
soil samples
This article provides information about the types of diseases and causes of death that can be identified from evidence found at Prescot Street.
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,
worship
This 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.
Activity sheet that explains the range of activities that archaeologists undertake.
Posted under: about >> Community
Tags: archaeology and education,
community,
digital project,
evidence,
excavation,
national archaeology week,
outreach,
prescot street,
roman,
south tenter street,
teaching resources
Information about National Archaeology Week in July 2008, and the activities that will be taking place in conjunction with the Prescot Street dig.
Tags: dating,
evidence,
feature,
finds,
georgian,
grave,
horn core,
medieval,
pit,
post-medieval,
prescot street,
south tenter street,
work
Gary discusses his weeks activities.
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,
urn
Liz’s latest journal entry for 17th June, about cremation burials, inhumation burials and the process of excavating them.
Tags: context,
dating,
deposits,
ecofact,
environmental archaeology,
evidence,
excavation,
feature,
objects,
organic material,
site staff,
soil,
soil samples,
work
Steve Campion, from L -P : Archaeology’s environmental department explains why and how environmental evidence is important at Prescot Street.
Tags: bone,
burials,
coins,
construction,
cremation,
evidence,
excavation,
feature,
pit,
quarry pit,
roman,
site staff,
work
David Ross writes about his last days actvities.
Tags: context,
cremation,
cut,
evidence,
fill,
grave,
grave goods,
inhumation,
jars,
objects,
prescot street,
roman,
site staff,
urn
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
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
Posted under: journal >> Reports
Tags: burials,
cemetery,
cremation,
deposits,
drain,
evidence,
excavation,
feature,
inhumation,
medieval,
pit,
post-medieval,
quarry pit,
soak-away,
stratigraphy,
urn
Filed Officers report for the period ending 22nd May 2008
Tags: bone,
burials,
cemetery,
context,
cut,
evidence,
excavation,
feature,
fill,
grave,
grave goods,
layer,
photo diary,
pit,
post-medieval,
site staff,
skeleton,
soak-away,
work
Journal entry by Sara Clancy
Tags: deposits,
environmental archaeology,
evidence,
excavation,
feature,
fill,
medieval,
photo diary,
pit,
post-medieval,
poulaine,
prescot street,
site staff,
work
Tags: burials,
context,
cremation,
cut,
digital project,
evidence,
excavation,
feature,
pit,
roman,
urn
Journal entry by Greg Crees, who discusses his involvement in the recent lifting of an intact cremation urn and excavation of an inhumation.
Tags: bone,
burials,
context,
digital project,
evidence,
excavation,
feature,
grave,
grave goods,
roman,
site staff,
skeleton
Tags: bone,
burials,
cut,
evidence,
feature,
fill,
georgian,
grave,
grave goods,
medieval,
prescot street,
roman,
site staff,
work
Roman Graves and Roman Grave Goods by Gary Webster
Tags: aggregates,
burials,
cemetery,
conservation,
cremation,
ditch,
environmental archaeology,
evaluation,
evidence,
excavation,
feature,
linear,
linear feature,
pit,
post-medieval,
quarry pit,
roman,
site staff,
work
Guy presents and update on progress on site and comments on a few areas he has found interesting over the past weeks.
Field Archaeologists undertake excavations – they dig, record and monitor evidence for the past. But archaeologists don’t just dig holes. This article explains the many different areas of archaeology in which people work.
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 street
Field Officer’s report for 21st April 2008
Archive research into the inhabitants of South Tenter Street
Tags: drain,
evidence,
excavation,
feature,
georgian,
horn core,
horn core pit,
photo diary,
pit,
post-medieval,
site staff,
work
Posted under: the-site >> Post-Medieval
Tags: census,
community,
digital project,
documentary sources,
evidence,
excavation,
foundations,
georgian,
outreach,
post-medieval,
prescot street,
soak-away,
south tenter street,
victorian,
website
This is a short article covering what we know about South Tenter Street from documentary and archaeological sources.
Tags: context,
evidence,
excavation,
feature,
georgian,
horn core,
horn core pit,
objects,
pit,
post-medieval,
prescot street,
shovelling,
site staff,
south tenter street,
stratigraphy,
victorian
Photo diary entry for 27th March.
Tags: archive,
census,
community,
digital project,
documentary sources,
evidence,
history,
post-medieval,
prescot street,
south tenter street,
victorian,
website
Lorna is looking at archive evidence for who lived in the houses at South Tenter Street and Prescot Street before they were destroyed in the Second World War.
Posted under: about >> Methodology
Tags: aims,
deposits,
ditch,
drain,
evidence,
excavation,
feature,
fill,
foundations,
georgian,
layer,
medieval,
objects,
pit,
post-medieval,
post hole,
prescot street,
quarry pit,
roman,
south tenter street,
strategy
This is a brief overview of the excavation strategy.
Tags: context,
digital,
digital project,
evidence,
excavation,
outreach,
photo diary,
prescot street,
site staff,
south tenter street,
work
Photo diary entry for 21st March 2008.
This article explains the role of the environmental archaeologist at Prescot Street, and is aimed at a younger audience.
Tags: evidence,
excavation,
foundations,
georgian,
horn core,
horn core pit,
pit,
post-medieval,
prescot street,
soak-away,
south tenter street,
work
Starting out on site and a few notes about the post medieval period on the site.
An article about the work being done at Prescot Street and how this fits into the planning process.
Posted under: learning >> FAQ
Tags: archaeology and education,
basement,
building materials,
cellar,
construction,
deposits,
evidence,
excavation,
foundations,
layer,
stratigraphy
An article about why it seems like people lived underground in the past. The article explains that people didn’t live underground, but that modern ground levels are much higher than in the past.
An article that explains about what archaeologists do with the things they find. It also briefly explains about treasure.
Posted under: learning >> FAQ
Tags: archive,
census,
community,
dating,
documentary sources,
evaluation,
evidence,
excavation,
feature,
history,
maps,
medieval,
methodology,
post-medieval
This article explains how archaeologists know where to look. It explains in more depth how sites are found and the process of desk based research.
This article is all about what makes archaeologists do what they do. It explains about how sites are formed and why we can find important information buried in archaeological site.
This article discusses what is archaeology and considers archaeology as the study of how humans lived and interacted with their environments in the past.
Glossary definition of funerary practice/rite
Posted under: glossary >> Glossary
Tags: evidence
Glossary definition for isotope analysis
Glossary definition of burial practice/rite
Posted under: about >> Reports Previous-archaeological-work
Tags: basement,
building materials,
burials,
context,
cut,
dating,
deposits,
ditch,
drain,
evaluation,
evidence,
excavation,
feature,
fill,
georgian,
grave,
grave goods,
horn,
horn core,
horn core pit,
hornworking,
inhumation,
layer
This article provides an overview of the evidence from the Prescot Street evaluation undertaken by L – P : Archaeology in 2006.
Posted under: the-site >> Post-Medieval
Tags: building materials,
census,
community,
data,
dating,
documentary sources,
evidence,
georgian,
goodman's fields,
history,
hornworking,
medieval,
post-medieval,
prescot street,
second world war,
settlement,
south tenter street,
tenter ground
This article discusses the development of the Prescot Street site illustrated through documentary sources.
Posted under: the-site >> Roman
Tags: burials,
cemetery,
cremation,
dating,
deposits,
evaluation,
evidence,
excavation,
feature,
grave,
grave goods,
roman,
settlement,
south tenter street,
website,
work
Further information on excavations of the East London Roman Cemetery undertaken by other archaeological organisations.
