In the northern cemetery of Roman London : excavations at Spitalfields Market, London E1, 1991-2007

1. Verfasser: McKenzie, Malcolm (Archaeologist) , [VerfasserIn]
Thomas, Christopher 1963 June 10- , [VerfasserIn]
Weitere Verfasser: Powers, Natasha , [MitwirkendeR]
Wardle, Angela , [MitwirkendeR]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: London : Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA), [2020].
Umfang/Format: xv, 221 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm.
Schriftenreihe: MOLA monograph 58.
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 1.
  • Introduction
  • 1.1.
  • The cemeteries of Roman London
  • 1.2.
  • The Spitalfields Market project
  • 1.3.
  • Circumstances of excavation
  • 1.4.
  • Organisation of the report
  • 1.5.
  • Textual and graphical conventions
  • 1.6.
  • Dating and phasing the burials and the impact of truncation
  • Dating and phasing
  • Post-Roman impacts
  • 2.
  • The archaeological Sequence
  • 2.1.
  • Geology and natural topography (period 1)
  • 2.2.
  • The origin and development of the cemetery, c AD 70/120-250 (period 2)
  • Introduction
  • South-western enclosure: a ?non-burial area (OA2)
  • The southern burial ground (OA3, S2-S5, S7, S8)
  • The western burial ground (OA4, Rl, R2, S6, S9)
  • North-western enclosure: a ?non-burial area (OA5, S10-S14)
  • The central burial ground (OA6)
  • The northern burial ground (OA7, S15-S20)
  • 2.3.
  • The late Roman cemetery, c AD 250-400 (period 3)
  • Introduction
  • South-western enclosure: a ?non-burial area (OA2 retained)
  • The central/southern burial ground (OA3 retained)
  • The western burial ground (OA4 retained, S21-S23)
  • North-western enclosure: a ?non-burial area (OA5 retained, S24, S27)
  • The central burial ground (OA6 retained)
  • The northern burial ground (OA7 retained)
  • A new north-eastern burial ground (OA8)
  • A new south-eastern burial ground (OA9)
  • 3.
  • Funerary and burial practice
  • 3.1.
  • Cremation
  • Pyre temperature and bone fragmentation
  • Pyre goods and debris
  • Cremation burial
  • 3.2.
  • Inhumation burial
  • Grave shape and size
  • Grave depth
  • Grave alignment and orientation
  • Corpse arrangement
  • Chalk burial
  • Unusual treatment of the body
  • Bone tumble and decay
  • Other disturbance
  • Containers for the body
  • Burial markers and monuments
  • Informal burial
  • 3.3.
  • Animal burials
  • 3.4.
  • Post-funeral activity
  • 4.
  • Burial goods
  • 4.1.
  • Ceramic burial goods
  • Overview
  • Single vessels
  • Multiple vessels
  • Unguentaria
  • Reused vessels and seconds
  • 4.2.
  • Non-ceramic burial goods
  • Personal adornment
  • Glass vessels
  • Coins
  • Footwear
  • Equipment
  • Coffin furnishing and corpse dressing
  • 4.3.
  • Animal remains in inhumation graves
  • 4.4.
  • Ritual and religious aspects
  • 5.
  • The people
  • 5.1.
  • The cremation burials
  • 5.2.
  • Inhumations
  • Demographic data
  • Adult stature
  • Health and disease
  • Congenital anomalies
  • Infectious disease
  • Spinal joint disease
  • Extra-spinal joint disease
  • Trauma
  • Deficiency diseases
  • Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH)
  • Circulatory disorders
  • Neoplastic disease
  • Other pathological conditions
  • Overview of the inhumed sample
  • 6.
  • Conclusions
  • 6.1.
  • Spitalfields within the `northern cemetery'
  • 6.2.
  • The character of the Spitalfields burials
  • 6.3.
  • Questions of status and identity
  • 7.
  • Catalogue Of Roman burials
  • 7.1.
  • Introduction
  • 7.2.
  • Burial catalogue
  • 8.
  • Specialist appendices
  • 8.1.
  • Roman pottery
  • Methodology
  • Catalogue of selected, possible redeposited burial vessels
  • Decorated samian
  • Samian potters' stamps
  • Catalogue of the stamped mortaria
  • 8.2.
  • Glass from non-burial contexts
  • 8.3.
  • Accessioned finds from non-burial contexts
  • Catalogue of probable redeposited burial goods
  • 8.4.
  • Coins from Roman non-burial contexts
  • Catalogue of Roman coins from non-burial contexts (periods 2 and 3 only)
  • 8.5.
  • Plant remains
  • Methodology
  • Results
  • 8.6.
  • The textiles from Bu90
  • Structural record
  • Context and find-spot
  • Discussion
  • 8.7.
  • Animal bone
  • Methodology
  • Quantification
  • Results
  • 8.8.
  • Human bone
  • Burnt bone
  • Inhumations.