Pfizenmaier, S. (2013). C257 Archaeology Central Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design Archaeological Targeted Watching Brief Charterhouse Square Grout Shaft. MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology). https://doi.org/10.5284/1047323. Cite this using datacite

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	C257 Archaeology Central Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design Archaeological Targeted Watching Brief Charterhouse Square Grout Shaft
Series The series the publication or report is included in Series:	Museum of London Archaeology unpublished report series
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DOI The DOI (digital object identifier) for the publication or report. DOI	https://doi.org/10.5284/1047323
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	A 4.5m diameter shaft was monitored to 4m below ground level and exposed river terrace gravels overlaid by a thick deposit of naturally deposited brickearth. A 200mm thick band layer of compacted gravel overlay this, into which eleven NE-SW aligned burials had been cut. The majority of the adult supine inhumations (with a single subadult apparently buried in a coffin) were within distinct grave cuts; at least one was possibly buried in/ or on a timber coffin/ or board. Ceramics recovered from the backfill of the graves suggest burials dates of between 1270 And 1350. This first phase of burials were sealed by a dumped deposit 300mm thick. into which a further two adult individuals, also aligned NE-SW, were cut. Both had been disturbed and truncated by a third phase of burials, which consisted of 12 E-W aligned burials, all apparently adult supine. Two were buried together in a double grave, two were stacked one above the other. In total 25 articulated skeletons were recovered, none displaying obvious trauma, and all provisionally interpreted as 14th-c plague victims, although the change in grave orientation in the final phase may relate to the post-plague Outer Cemetery of Charterhouse, dating to the 1370s. A thick mixed deposit dating to between 1600 and 1800 sealed the graves. It may be that later burials have been entirely truncated by this post-medieval activity, or that there were simply no later burials in this location. Later post-medievalNineteenth century deposits including a brick footing and garden soil horizons associated with domestic dwellings to the west, subsequently demolished to make way for the Metropolitan line in the 1860s.
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	Sam Pfizenmaier
Publisher The publisher of the publication or report Publisher:	MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
Other Person/Org Other people or organisations for this publication or report Other Person/Org:	Historic England (OASIS Reviewer) Greater London HER (OASIS Reviewer)
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	2013
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. Locations:	Site: Crossrail Charterhouse Square Grout Shaft District: Islington Parish: ISLINGTON County: Greater London Country: England Grid Reference: 531969, 181882 (Easting, Northing)
Identifiers Identifiers associated with the publication. These might include DOIs, site codes, Monument Identifiers etc. Identifiers:	OASIS Id: molas1-147733
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Relations Other resources which are relevant to this publication or report Relations:	Project archive: https://doi.org/10.5284/1055112
Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered Created Date:	02 May 2018

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