Newman, R. (2013). The School of Pythagoras, St. John's College, Cambridge: An Archaeological Excavation. Cambridge: Cambridge Archaeological Unit. https://doi.org/10.5284/1029679. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 The School of Pythagoras, St. John's College, Cambridge: An Archaeological Excavation
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Series:		 Cambridge Archaeological Unit unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Excavations conducted at the School of Pythagoras, Cambridge, took place within and around a standing Grade I listed medieval building. Three significant results were obtained. Firstly, a substantial palaeochannel was identified, the presence of which was established via augering. Secondly, a relatively intensive sequence of Roman activity was encountered. This could be subdivided into three sub-phases. Commencing during the 1st to 2nd centuries AD, the earliest Roman activity - as primarily represented by redeposited ceramics and a relatively substantial assemblage of disarticulated human bone - appears to have comprised a largely 'off-stage' presence. Subsequently, however, around the early to mid 2nd century a degree of domestic/industrial occupation was established; concomitant with this phase, a metalled trackway was laid down and a series of pits and ditches were created. Yet by the mid 3rd century the associated settlement appears to have contracted in size and the site became instead the venue for a series of interments. Six articulated inhumations were encountered. Finally, the third result pertained directly to the School of Pythagoras itself. Excavations conducted within the north wing of the structure revealed that this portion of the building had been constructed contemporaneously with the principal range. Moreover, in combination with a review of the extant architectural evidence, the newly derived data demonstrates that the School of Pythagoras did not originally comprise an isolated rural manor - as has been widely assumed - but was in fact more akin to a substantial urban townhouse of the period.
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Author:		 R Newman
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Publisher:		 Cambridge Archaeological Unit
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2013
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Site: Excavation at The School of Pythagoras, St. John's College
County: Cambridgeshire
District: Cambridge
Parish: CAMBRIDGE
Country: England
Grid Reference: 544490, 258940 (Easting, Northing)
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods) BRACELET (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) BROOCH (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) BUILDING (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) LAYER (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) TRACKWAY (Monument Type England)
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EXCAVATION (Event)
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OASIS Id: cambridg3-167089
OBIB: Report No. 1199
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Note:		 An A4 wire-bound document with plastic laminate cover. It is 133 pages long and has 31 illustrations.
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018