Roy, M. (2019). A matter of life and death – trade and burial around St Giles’ Cathedral. https://doi.org/10.9750/issn.2056-7421.2019.87.

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Title:		 A matter of life and death – trade and burial around St Giles’ Cathedral
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Subtitle:		 archaeological investigations at Parliament House, Edinburgh
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Series:		 Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports
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Volume:		 87
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Number of Pages:		 76
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Mike_Roy.pdf (18 MB) : Download
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Publication Type:		 Monograph (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Archaeological evaluation of the Southern Courtyard of the Parliament House complex, to the south of St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh’s Old Town, has provided a valuable insight into the lives, health and mortality of the inhabitants of the late medieval city. The evaluation revealed a backland area in the centre of medieval Edinburgh, with deposits rich in artefactual and ecofactual material derived from the everyday lives of the populace, underlying early burghal surfaces. The presence of artefacts including a small leather assemblage and a seal matrix may indicate production and trading activities between the High Street and the Cowgate in the late medieval period. Above these surfaces, and underlying fragmentary evidence of the post-medieval Meal Market, numerous late medieval inhumations were recorded; these belonged to the southward expansion of St Giles’ graveyard. This report details the analysis of the skeletal remains, illuminating the health and demography of the population of the city from around the mid-15th to the early-to-mid-16th century.
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Author:		 Mike Roy ORCID icon
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Other Person/Org:		 R Cerón-Carrasco (Author contributing)
Antonia Craster (Author contributing)
Morag Cross (Author contributing)
Naomi Crowley (Author contributing)
Jane A Evans (Author contributing) ORCID icon
Julie Franklin (Author contributing) ORCID icon
Allan J Hall (Author contributing)
Derek W Hall (Author contributing)
Nicholas M McQ Holmes (Author contributing)
Robin Inglis (Author contributing)
Harry Kenward (Author contributing)
Melissa Melikian (Author contributing)
Catherine Smith (Author contributing)
Clare Thomas (Author contributing)
Jennifer Thoms (Author contributing)
Lindsey Thomson (Author contributing)
Scott Timpany (Author contributing)
Ronan Toolis (Author contributing)
Penelope Walton-Rogers (Author contributing)
Graeme Carruthers (Illustrator) ORCID icon
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Year of Publication:		 2019
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ISBN:		 2056-7421
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District: City of Edinburgh
Place: Edinburgh
Country: Scotland
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POST MEDIEVAL (ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
MEDIEVAL (ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
SEAL MATRIX (Object Scotland)
BURIAL GROUND (Monument Type Scotland)
PARLIAMENT HOUSE (Monument Type Scotland)
CATHEDRAL (Monument Type Scotland)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.9750/issn.2056-7421.2019.87
URI: http://journals.socantscot.org/index.php/sair/issue/view/298
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Created Date:		 17 Aug 2020