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Book Synopsis The Black Death Cemetery, East Smithfield, London by : Ian Grainger
Download or read book The Black Death Cemetery, East Smithfield, London written by Ian Grainger and published by Museum of London Archaeological Service. This book was released on 2008 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Royal Mint site excavation report published as 3 separate volumes, the other 2 being: The abbey of St. Mary Graces, East Smithfield, London; The Royal Navy victualling yard, East Smithfield, London.
Download or read book The London Archaeologist written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis London, 1100-1600 by : John Schofield
Download or read book London, 1100-1600 written by John Schofield and published by Equinox Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the London Archaeological Prize for outstanding publication of 2010-11 Since the early 1970s the increasingly effective conduct of archaeological work in the City of London and surrounding parts of the conurbation have revolutionised our view of the development and European importance of London between 1100 and 1600. There have been hundreds of archaeological excavations of every type of site, from the cathedral to chapels, palaces to outhouses, bridges, wharves, streams, fields, kilns, roads and lanes. The study of the material culture of Londoners over these five centuries has begun in earnest, based on thousands of accurately dated artefacts, especially found along the waterfront. Work by documentary historians has complemented and filled out the new picture. This book, written by an archaeologist who has been at the centre of this study since 1974, will summarise the main findings and new suggestions about the development of the City, its ups and downs through the Black Death and the Dissolution of the Monasteries; its place in Europe as a capital city with great architecture and relations with many other parts of Europe, from the Baltic to the Mediterranean. London has been the most intensively studied medieval city in Europe by archaeologists, due to the pace of development especially since the 1970s. Thus although this will be a study of a single medieval city, it will be a major contribution to the Archaeology of Europe, 1100-1600. Praise for this Volume: '..an expert account the book is well designed, expertly illustrated and manages to bridge the gap between an accessible and popular account, with a scholarly framework with full references and an extensive bibliography. This is a book that readers can turn to again and again in order to refresh their knowledge of the archaeology of this medieval metropolis.' Terry Barry, Medieval Archaeology 56, 2012 'This is an important and useful book. And, crucially it's a good read.' British Archaeology, May-June 2012 'John Schofield snythesises a huge volume of archaeology to produce this coherent account packed with detail and fascinating visual evidence, and much enlivened by the author's own observations -- for example, on exotic imported food and whether Londoners had different diets from other parts of England, or on the impact of communities of 'aliens' on the city, including Jewish financiers, and Italian, French and Spanish merchants, or on the effect of London on its hinterland.' SALON number 267, December 2011 'His detailed knowledge of projects both famous and unsung paints a potent picture of London between 1100 and 1600.' Current Archaeology, June 2012 'This is a stimulating book, opening one's eyes to many facets of the past. It can be highly recommended to anyone who wants to find out what archaeology has to offer about London's history, and where future research might lead.' Bridget Cherry, London Topographical Society Newsletter, May 2012 'Schofield draws useful parallels between London and other comparable cities in Europe.. there are some wonderful kernels of information that connect the buildings of London to others throughout the country. This volume is likely to appeal both to those with a general interest as well as to those with more defined archaeological leanings...Schofield's lucid writing style is concise, informative and engaging.' Sara Crofts, SPAB, Cornerstone, Autumn 2012
Book Synopsis London's Archaeological Secrets by : Christopher Thomas
Download or read book London's Archaeological Secrets written by Christopher Thomas and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional archaeologists have been working in the city of London, and revealing its secrets, since the early 1970s. This book celebrates more than three decades of discovery and draws on research and excavations carried out by the Museum of London Archaeology Service. With hundreds of photographs, maps and plans, this volume presents a thematic overview of London's history covering a number of important sites and finds. Chapters explore the landscape and topography of the city, London's rivers and especially riverfront, its infrastructure of streets, bridges, sewers, railways and the underground, trade and industry in the city, domestic housing and everyday life, entertainment, religion and the disasters that befell the city including fire and disease. A fascinating insight into London's hidden history.
Book Synopsis Archaeologists in Print by : Amara Thornton
Download or read book Archaeologists in Print written by Amara Thornton and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2018-06-25 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeologists in Print is a history of popular publishing in archaeology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a pivotal period of expansion and development in both archaeology and publishing. It examines how British archaeologists produced books and popular periodical articles for a non-scholarly audience, and explores the rise in archaeologists’ public visibility. Notably, it analyses women’s experiences in archaeology alongside better known male contemporaries as shown in their books and archives. In the background of this narrative is the history of Britain’s imperial expansion and contraction, and the evolution of modern tourism in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Archaeologists exploited these factors to gain public and financial support and interest, and build and maintain a reading public for their work, supported by the seasonal nature of excavation and tourism. Reinforcing these publishing activities through personal appearances in the lecture hall, exhibition space and site tour, and in new media – film, radio and television – archaeologists shaped public understanding of archaeology. It was spadework, scripted. The image of the archaeologist as adventurous explorer of foreign lands, part spy, part foreigner, eternally alluring, solidified during this period. That legacy continues, undimmed, today. Praise for Archaeologists in Print This beautifully written book will be valued by all kinds of readers: you don't need to be an archaeologist to enjoy the contents, which take you through different publishing histories of archaeological texts and the authors who wrote them. From the productive partnership of travel guide with archaeological interest, to the women who feature so often in the history of archaeological publishing, via closer analysis of the impact of John Murray, Macmillan and Co, and Penguin, this volume excavates layers of fascinating facts that reveal much of the wider culture of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The prose is clear and the stories compulsive: Thornton brings to life a cast of people whose passion for their profession lives again in these pages. Warning: the final chapter, on Archaeological Fictions, will fill your to-be-read list with stacks of new titles to investigate! This is a highly readable, accessible exploration into the dynamic relationships between academic authors, publishers, and readers. It is, in addition, an exemplar of how academic research can attract a wide general readership, as well as a more specialised one: a stellar combination of rigorous scholarship with lucid, pacy prose. Highly recommended!' Samantha Rayner, Director of UCL Centre for Publishing; Deputy Head of Department and Director of Studies, Department of Information Studies, UCL
Book Synopsis Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archæological Society by : London and Middlesex Archaeological Society
Download or read book Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archæological Society written by London and Middlesex Archaeological Society and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains its Proceedings, Reports, List of members, etc.
Book Synopsis Olga Tufnell’s 'Perfect Journey' by : John D.M. Green
Download or read book Olga Tufnell’s 'Perfect Journey' written by John D.M. Green and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olga Tufnell (1905–85) was a British archaeologist working in Egypt, Cyprus and Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s, a period often described as a golden age of archaeological discovery. For the first time, this book presents Olga’s account of her experiences in her own words. Based largely on letters home, the text is accompanied by dozens of photographs that shed light on personal experiences of travel and dig life at this extraordinary time. Introductory material by John D.M. Green and Ros Henry provides the social, historical, biographical and archaeological context for the overall narrative. The letters offer new insights into the social and professional networks and history of archaeological research, particularly for Palestine under the British Mandate. They provide insights into the role of foreign archaeologists, relationships with local workers and inhabitants, and the colonial framework within which they operated during turbulent times. This book will be an important resource for those studying the history of archaeology in the Eastern Mediterranean, particularly for the sites of Qau el-Kebir, Tell Fara, Tell el-‘Ajjul and Tell ed-Duweir (ancient Lachish). Moreover, Olga’s lively style makes this a fascinating personal account of archaeology and travel in the interwar era.
Book Synopsis Key Concepts in Public Archaeology by : Gabriel Moshenska
Download or read book Key Concepts in Public Archaeology written by Gabriel Moshenska and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2017-09-28 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a broad overview of the key concepts in public archaeology, a research field that examines the relationship between archaeology and the public, in both theoretical and practical terms. While based on the long-standing programme of undergraduate and graduate teaching in public archaeology at UCL’s renowned Institute of Archaeology, the book also takes into account the growth of scholarship from around the world and seeks to clarify what exactly ‘public archaeology’ is by promoting an inclusive, socially and politically engaged vision of the discipline. Written for students and practitioners, the individual chapters provide textbook-level introductions to the themes, theories and controversies that connect archaeology to wider society, from the trade in illicit antiquities to the use of digital media in public engagement, and point readers to the most relevant case studies and learning resources to aid their further study. This book was produced as part of JISC's Institution as e-Textbook Publisher project. Find out more at https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/institution-as-e-textbook-publisher Praise for Key Concepts in Archaeology 'Littered throughout with concise and well-chosen case studies, Key Concepts in Public Archaeology could become essential reading for undergraduates and is a welcome reminder of where archaeology sits in UK society today.' British Archaeology
Download or read book London Under Ground written by H. Sheldon and published by Oxbow Books Limited. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Contents: Introduction ( H Sheldon and I Haynes ); Towards the development of a settled landscape in London c.
Book Synopsis Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society by : London and Middlesex Archaeological Society
Download or read book Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society written by London and Middlesex Archaeological Society and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains its Proceedings, Reports, List of members, etc.
Book Synopsis London's Roman Tools by : Owen Humphreys
Download or read book London's Roman Tools written by Owen Humphreys and published by British. This book was released on 2021-04-09 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using theoretical perspectives on technology and practice, and detailed typological study, this book explores society and economy amongst the working people of Roman London; a diverse population of locals, immigrants, specialists and amateurs.
Book Synopsis The Lost City of London by : Bob Jones
Download or read book The Lost City of London written by Bob Jones and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1666 London was devastated by the Great Fire, which gutted over 13,000 houses, over eighty parish churches and St Paul's Cathedral. Bob Jones has set out to discover the original structures and streets that survived the Great Fire and can still be seen today.
Book Synopsis The Archaeology of London by : Ralph Merrifield
Download or read book The Archaeology of London written by Ralph Merrifield and published by Heinemann Educational Publishers. This book was released on 1975 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes archaeological finds in the London area and their importance in reconstructing the history of the area from the first appearance of man to the seventh century A.D.
Book Synopsis London's Crypts and Catacombs by : Robert Bard
Download or read book London's Crypts and Catacombs written by Robert Bard and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes the reader through the morbid and fascinating world of centuries of London’s past inhabitants.
Book Synopsis London, 1100-1600 by : John Schofield
Download or read book London, 1100-1600 written by John Schofield and published by Equinox Publishing (Indonesia). This book was released on 2011 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the early 1970s the increasingly effective conduct of archaeological work in the City of London and surrounding parts of the conurbation have revolutionised our view of the development and European importance of London between 1100 and 1600. There have been hundreds of archaeological excavations of every type of site, from the cathedral to chapels, palaces to outhouses, bridges, wharves, streams, fields, kilns, roads and lanes. The study of the material culture of Londoners over these five centuries has begun in earnest, based on thousands of accurately dated artefacts, especially found along the waterfront. Work by documentary historians has complemented and filled out the new picture. This book, written by an archaeologist who has been at the centre of this study since 1974, will summarise the main findings and new suggestions about the development of the City, its ups and downs through the Black Death and the Dissolution of the Monasteries; its place in Europe as a capital city with great architecture and relations with many other parts of Europe, from the Baltic to the Mediterranean. London has been the most intensively studied medieval city in Europe by archaeologists, due to the pace of development especially since the 1970s. Thus although this will be a study of a single medieval city, it will be a major contribution to the Archaeology of Europe, 1100-1600. The book is endorsed by the Museum of London, the City of London Archaeological Trust and the City of London Corporation whose logos will appear on the back cover.
Download or read book The London Archaeologist written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Heart of the City by : Peter Rowsome
Download or read book Heart of the City written by Peter Rowsome and published by London : Museum of London Archaeology Service. This book was released on 2000 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excavations at 1 Poultry, in advance of building development, `tells the story of London - from Roman frontier town to provincial capital; ruin then revival as medieval Europe's largest city; recovery from fire and plague to become the world's richest metropolis; the Blitz, and the famously disputed demolition of 16 Victorian buildings'. The story of the excavation and the information it revealed about the history of London are told through a montage of text and a large number of illustrations.
