Ruth’s journal entry on the excitement of excavating a skeleton.
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- Ruth Rolfe |
- 1726 days ago
Secrets of the grave
Tags: burials, cremation, grave, inhumation, prescot street, roman, site staff, skeletonTomasz’s first blog
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- Tomasz Moskal |
- 1738 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 |
- 1766 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 |
- 1767 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 |
- 1773 days ago
Find in mind
Tags: dating, evidence, feature, finds, georgian, grave, horn core, medieval, pit, post-medieval, prescot street, south tenter street, workGary discusses his weeks activities.
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- Gary Webster |
- 1800 days ago
Liz, context 1049 and Roman burials
Tags: bone, cemetery, coins, context, cremation, drain, evidence, 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 |
- 1802 days ago
Supervisor's report for Friday 6th June
Tags: beliefs, bone, burials, cemetery, cremation, 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 |
- 1808 days ago
Photo diary 6th June 2008
Tags: bone, burials, cremation, grave, grave goods, photo diary, pit, pottery, prescot street, roman, site staff, skeleton, south tenter street, work
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1808 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 |
- 1810 days ago
Łukasz and context 1032
Tags: burials, cemetery, context, feature, grave, grave goods, inhumation, prescot street, roman, site staff, skeleton, work- Read More...
- Lorna Richardson |
- 1814 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 |
- 1815 days ago
Photo diary 29th May 2008
Tags: burials, cremation, cut, evidence, feature, fill, georgian, grave, grave goods, linear feature, photo diary, post-medieval, prescot street, roman, site staff, soak-away, well, work- Read More...
- Lorna Richardson |
- 1817 days ago
Greg and context (961) - amongst others...
Tags: bone, burials, coins, cremation, 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 |
- 1821 days ago
Skelly belly
Tags: bone, burials, cemetery, context, cut, evidence, 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 |
- 1835 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 |
- 1837 days ago
Glossary definition of supine
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1842 days ago
Images from the 30th April 2008
Tags: bone, burials, context, digital project, evidence, feature, grave, grave goods, roman, site staff, skeleton
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1849 days ago
Deeps Pits and Shallow Graves
Tags: bone, burials, cut, evidence, feature, fill, georgian, grave, grave goods, medieval, prescot street, roman, site staff, workRoman Graves and Roman Grave Goods by Gary Webster
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- Gary Webster |
- 1850 days ago
Roman Funerals
Posted under: learning >> School-Resources Tags: burials, cemetery, community, cremation, 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 |
- 1894 days ago
Glossary definition of feature
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1943 days ago
Cut
Posted under: glossary >> Glossary Tags: context, cut, ditch, feature, grave, pit, post hole, stratigraphyGlossary definition of cut.
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1943 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 |
- 1943 days ago
Glossary definition of burial goods
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 1943 days ago
Prescot Street Evaluation 2006
Posted under: about >> Reports Previous-archaeological-work Tags: basement, building materials, burials, context, cut, dating, deposits, ditch, drain, evaluation, evidence, feature, fill, georgian, grave, grave goods, horn, horn core, horn core pit, hornworking, inhumation, layerThis article provides an overview of the evidence from the Prescot Street evaluation undertaken by L – P : Archaeology in 2006.
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- Lorna Richardson |
- 2017 days ago
The Eastern Roman Cemetery
Posted under: the-site >> Roman Tags: burials, cemetery, cremation, dating, deposits, evaluation, evidence, 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 |
- 2031 days ago