num_pages: 336
description: London's archaeology is as complex and varied as the city is today. These seventeen papers survey twenty-five years of London archaeology in the city and its environs from prehistory to 1800. Introduction ( H Sheldon and I Haynes ); Towards the development of a settled landscape in London c.4000-1200 BC ( J Cotton ); Changing approaches to the first milolennium ( N Merriman ); The Roman city ( M Hassall ); Art in Roman London ( M Henig ); Religion ( I Haynes ); Evidence from Roman London's cemeteries ( B Barber and J Hall ); Roman Southwark ( H Sheldon ); Roads, roadside settlements and their countryside ( D G Bird ); Early and middle Saxon archaeology ( R Cowie ); Late Saxon and Norman London ( J Clark ); Buildings and defences 1200-1600 ( J Schofield ); Medieval pottery ( A Vince ); Tudor and Stuart playhouses ( S Blatherwick ); Morturay archaeology to 1800 ( V Harding ); Environmental archaeology ( J Sidell ); Archaeology of London, 1973-1997 ( R Cowie and R Densem ).Table of ContentsIntroduction ( H Sheldon and I Haynes )Towards the development of a settled landscape in London c.4000-1200 BC ( J Cotton )Changing approaches to the first milolennium ( N Merriman )The Roman city ( M Hassall )Art in Roman London ( M Henig )|Religion ( I Haynes )Evidence from Roman London's cemeteries ( B Barber and J Hall )Roman Southwark ( H Sheldon )Roads, roadside settlements and their countryside ( D G Bird )Early and middle Saxon archaeology ( R Cowie )Late Saxon and Norman London ( J Clark )Buildings and defences 1200-1600 ( J Schofield )Medieval pottery ( A Vince )Tudor and Stuart playhouses ( S Blatherwick )Morturay archaeology to 1800 ( V Harding )Environmental archaeology ( J Sidell )Archaeology of London, 1973-1997 ( R Cowie and R Densem )
language: English
title: London Under Ground: the archaeology of a city
titlecomplete: London Under Ground: the archaeology of a city
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Oxbow Books