| Title: |
Demolish a 1960s icon . . . enter Roman London:
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| Subtitle: |
Drapers Gardens |
| Issue: |
Brit Archaeol (1357-4442) 98 |
| Series: |
British Archaeology
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| Volume: |
98
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| Page Start/End: |
14 - 17 |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
Article describing excavations at the site of Drapers Gardens in the City of London, where waterlogged remains dating to the first to third centuries AD were uncovered, including ditches, drainage works and fence lines; a possible children's cemetery; a complete timber domestic door; a later north--south road and adjacent buildings, served by timber drains; ovens, kilns, tools and large quantities of leather and animal bone suggesting tanning or bone-working processes; a bear skull; and three timber-lined wells, one of which contained a hoard of nineteen metal household vessels in an exceptional state of preservation. |
| Year of Publication: |
2008
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Childrens Cemetery (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Ditches Drainage (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Leather (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Bear Skull (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Timberlined Wells (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Timber Drains Ovens Kilns Tools (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Animal Bone (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Timber Domestic Door (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Source: |
BIAB
(The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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| Created Date: |
03 Mar 2008 |
