Under the Oracle: Excavations at the Oracle Shopping Centre Site 1996-8: The Medieval and Post-Medieval Urban Development of the Kennet Floodplain in Reading: 36 (Thames Valley Landscapes Monograph) - Hardcover

Ford, Ben M.; Poore, Daniel; Shaffrey, Ruth; Wilkinson, David R. P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1905905270 ISBN 13: 9781905905270

Publisher: Oxford University School of Archaeology, 2013

Synopsis

Excavations carried out by Oxford Archaeology in advance of the building of the Oracle shopping centre revealed a long sequence of development of the Kennet floodplain at Reading. This volume reports on the substantial evidence recovered for medieval and post-medieval water management, milling at the Minster Mill and St Giles Mill, the tanning, leather working and dyeing industries, and an unusual building interpreted as the 12th- to 13th-century cookhouse of Reading Abbey. The stories of two well-known Reading sites, the Oracle Workhouse and the Yield Hall, are followed from the medieval period up to the 19th century. Substantial specialist reports include pottery, glass, leatherworking, dendrochronology and clay pipes.

About this title

About the Author

Daniel Poore is Chief Operating Officer at Oxford Archaeology and a Director of the Federation of Archaeological Managers and Employers (FAME) and is its advisor on health and safety issues. He is the co-author of Excavations at Oxford Castle 1999-2009 (2019) and Under the Oracle (Oxbow, 2013).

Ruth Shaffrey (PhD, 1998) is a Project Officer with Oxford Archaeology and specialises in the archaeology of worked stone

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University School of Archaeology
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905905270
• ISBN 13: 9781905905270
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 340