Prescot Dig

Roman Burials on site

Tags: archaeology, burials, cremation, inhumation, photo diary, prescot street, skeleton

Prescot Street Burials

39 Photos

Photo diary 21st August 2008

Tags: archaeology, burials, inhumation, prescot street, roman, skeleton, soak-away

21st August 2008

18 Photos

Secrets of the grave

Tags: archaeology, burials, cremation, grave, inhumation, prescot street, roman, site staff, skeleton

Tomasz’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

19th August 2008

9 Photos

The Best of Those at Rest

Tags: burials, inhumation, roman, skeleton

Gary’s latest blog about an interesting inhumation.

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Gary Webster |
26 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 street

Chaz Morse’s Field Officer’s report for June and July 2008

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Chaz Morse |
38 days ago

Hot archaeology!

Tags: inhumation, pit, site staff

Liz’s journal entry talks about the hot weather, legs and metalled surfaces… read all about it.

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 samples

This article provides information about the types of diseases and causes of death that can be identified from evidence found at Prescot Street.

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, 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.

Adrian's first impressions

Tags: burials, cremation, grave, inhumation, prescot street, site staff, skeleton, work

Adrian Carreton writes his first journal entry.

Photo diary for 2nd July 2008

Tags: bone, burials, context, excavation, inhumation, photo diary, pit, prescot street, roman, site staff, skeleton, soak-away, work

2nd July 2008

38 Photos

Lost in a sea of misleading stratigraphy.

Tags: cremation, inhumation, pit, prescot street, quarry pit, soil, stratigraphy

A blog by David Ross, esq.

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David Ross |
68 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, work

Ashley’s Supervisor’s Report for the 6th June

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Ashley Pooley |
88 days ago

The Grave-y Train

Tags: bone, burials, cremation, grave, grave goods, inhumation, prescot street, roman, site staff, skeleton, soil

Gary Webster’s journal entry.

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Gary Webster |
90 days ago

Łukasz and context 1032

Tags: burials, cemetery, context, excavation, feature, grave, grave goods, inhumation, prescot street, roman, site staff, skeleton, work

Photo diary for 4th June 2008

Tags: context, cremation, cut, evidence, fill, grave, grave goods, inhumation, jars, objects, prescot street, roman, site staff, urn

4th June 2008

4 Photos

Greg and context (961) - amongst others...

Tags: bone, burials, coins, cremation, excavation, feature, fill, grave, grave goods, inhumation, pit, roman, soil, stratigraphy, urn

Greg Crees writes about the last few days on site and the cremation burials he has been excavating.

Greg and context 961

3 Photos

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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, urn

Filed Officers report for the period ending 22nd May 2008

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Chaz Morse |
101 days ago

Going away and moving on

Tags: burials, cemetery, grave, inhumation, photo diary, post-medieval, quarry pit, website, work

Guy 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 |
117 days ago

On Shovelling and the Roman Cemetery

Tags: burials, cemetery, ditch, inhumation, pit, post-medieval, quarry pit, roman, shovelling, supine

Ashley reflects on the work he has been doing over the last couple of weeks.

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Ashley Pooley |
123 days ago

Roman Funerals

Posted under: learning >> School-Resources Tags: burials, cemetery, community, cremation, excavation, grave, grave goods, inhumation, objects, pyre, roman, shrine

A short article about Roman funerals and burials, aimed at a younger audience.

Grave

Posted under: glossary >> Glossary Tags: burials, cremation, grave goods, inhumation

Glossary definition of grave

Inhumation

Posted under: glossary >> Glossary Tags: inhumation

Definition of glossary term inhumation.

Burial

Posted under: glossary >> Glossary Tags: burials, cremation, inhumation

Glossary definition of the term Burial

Prescot Street Evaluation 2006

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.

Excavations at West Tenter Street in 1984

Posted under: the-site >> Previous-archaeological-work Tags: cremation, excavation, inhumation, roman

This 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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