Grainger Ian Phillpotts Christopher (2 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 2008 Museum of London Archaeology Service large format hardcover edition. Ex library copy with stamps and labels else good condition. From the cover: The East Smithfield Black Death cemetery was excavated in 1986-8 as part of the Royal Mint site. Founded in 1348/9, it was one of two emergency burial grounds established when the Black Death came to London. The work reported here represents the only large-scale excavation and post-excavation analysis of a proven Black Death cemetery in this country and is indisputably of international importance in terms of its archaeology and the human bone assemblage derived from the c.759 burials found. Two distinct burial areas were established, both using a combination of well-ordered individual graves and mass burial trenches. The burial practices and the human bone assemblage are analysed and discussed in relation to Black Death studies in London and elsewhere.The impact of the plague on medieval London and the importance of this cemetery, and that at West Smithfield, in the city's attempts to cope with the disaster are both assessed. The earlier history of the site and the influence of the Black Death cemetery on the subsequent use of the site are also examined, particularly its effect on the later foundation and layout of the Cistercian abbey of St Mary Graces. CONTENTS: List of figures List of tables Summary Acknowledgements Introduction 1.1 The Royal Mint: the three-volume approach 1.2 The Black Death cemetery 1.3 The excavation The study area The circumstances of excavation The research archives 1.4 The organisation of the report The chronological narrative The thematic sections and conclusions The specialist appendices Textual and graphical conventions The excavations 2.1 Drift geology and topography 2.2 Prehistoric and Roman summary 2.3 Pre-cemetery evidence: c 1050-1348 (period 1) Documentary evidence Archaeological evidence Discussion of activity pre-cemetery (period 1) 2.4 The Black Death cemetery and chapel (period 2) Documentary evidence Archaeological evidence Discussion of the Black Death cemetery (period 2) The Black Death in London 3.1 The cemetery population 3.2 The Black Death in London 3.3 The legacy of the cemetery Conclusions 4.1 Summary of results Specialist appendices 5.1 The pottery Methodology Summary of the medieval pottery Summary of the imported pottery 5.2 The accessioned finds Roman accessioned finds Earlier medieval accessioned finds Accessioned finds from the Black Death cemetery 5.3 Textiles 5.4 The human bone Introduction The western cemetery area (OA2) individual burial rows 1-11 The main burial trenches (MBT1 and MBT2 (OA2) and MBT4 (OA3)) The eastern cemetery area (OA3) Characteristics of the Black Death sample French and German summaries Bibliography Index.…