School Street-Foundation Street, Ipswich - IAS4801
Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service, 2015. https://doi.org/10.5284/1034354. How to cite using this DOI
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Resource identifiers
- ADS Collection: 1920
- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1034354
- How to cite using this DOI
Overview
This dataset is part of a wider project to disseminate the consolidated archive of the internationally significant excavations in Ipswich town centre between 1974 and 1990 in order to provide a web-based resource for future research proposals.
A total of 36 major archaeological interventions (on 34 IAS reference sites) took place between 1974 and 1990. These sites all lie within the historic core of the town; 27 within the Anglo-Saxon and medieval defences, and nine within the medieval suburbs.
Information pertaining to the Ipswich Backlog Archive as a whole and the list of sites involved can be found by clicking the Ipswich Backlog Excavation Archive link in the left-hand menu column.
The archive for School Street-Foundation Street, Ipswich contains the following files:
- Reports
- There are 11 documents in this section including specialist reports on dendrochronology; textile; human bone and architectural stone. In addition there is the Site Summary containing information on the circumstances of the excavation, the funding bodies, the stratigraphic sequence and the finds.
Related publications include:
- Mays, S. A., Crane-Kranmer, G., Bayliss, A. (2003): Two probable cases of treponemal disease of Medieval date from England'
- and Mays, S. A. (2008): A Scapula Deformity in Two Burials from Medieval England
- There are 11 documents in this section including specialist reports on dendrochronology; textile; human bone and architectural stone. In addition there is the Site Summary containing information on the circumstances of the excavation, the funding bodies, the stratigraphic sequence and the finds.
Related publications include:
- Images
- There are 2786 images available including: 399 plan drawings; 304 section drawings; 1036 site photos; 257 finds photos; 320 finds drawings; 58 finds slide scans; 359 finds x-rays and 53 human bone report plates .
- GIS
- The GIS shapefiles, available as 2 zip files, consist of the Extent of Excavation and the Feature Boundaries.
All of these files are available from the 'Downloads' page.
