MIDDLE SAXON LONDON by Gordon Malcolm, David Bowsher, Robert Cowie ( 9781901992328 )

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Title:

MIDDLE SAXON LONDON
EXCAVATIONS AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE 1989-99

By:

Gordon Malcolm, David Bowsher, Robert Cowie

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

1901992322

ISBN 13:

9781901992328

Publisher:

MUSEUM OF LONDON ARCHAEOLOGY

Pub. date:

6 March, 2003

Series:

MoLAS Monograph No. 15

Pages:

375

Description:

This well-illustrated publication reports on the results of archaeological excavations at the Royal Opera House, London, in the heart of what was the Middle Saxon settlement of Lundenwic.

Synopsis:

The Royal Opera House is located on the north side of Covent Garden London, in the heart of what was the Middle Saxon settlement of Lundenwic. This settlement was flourishing centre for trade and manufacture from the 7th to 9th centuries. Urban redevelopment in 1996 included the largest excavation yet undertaken in the area, providing a wealth of information about the settlement, its inhabitants, their work and daily lives. This well illustrated publication reports on the results of the excavations, describes a sequence of occupation, and considers more general themes such as the relationship of the Middle Saxon settlement to Roman Londinium, Saxon crafts and industry, the agricultural economy, trade, and demography. The discoveries included an 8th century street plan, specialised industrial buildings, rubbish and debris from a jewellery workshop, evidence of ironworking and a 9th-century defensive ditch with a hoard of Northumbrian stycas buried in its berm. The ditch was probably a response to Viking attack, but it failed to prevent the Viking occupation of Lundenwic in 871.The book also looks at the medieval and post-medieval development of the area, and includes numerous, brief specialist reports on the finds and environmental remains.

Illustrations:

180 b/w & col figs, 116 tbs

Publication:

Imprint:

Museum of London Archaeology Service

Returns:

Returnable

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