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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.4000-1200 BC ( J Cotton ); Changing approaches to the first milolennium ( N Merriman ); The Roman city ( M Hassall ); Art in Roman London ( M Henig ); Religion ( I Haynes ); Evidence from Roman London's cemeteries ( B Barber and J Hall ); Roman Southwark ( H Sheldon ); Roads, roadside settlements and their countryside ( D G Bird ); Early and middle Saxon archaeology ( R Cowie ); Late Saxon and Norman London ( J Clark ); Buildings and defences 1200-1600 ( J Schofield ); Medieval pottery ( A Vince ); Tudor and Stuart playhouses ( S Blatherwick ); Morturay archaeology to 1800 ( V Harding ); Environmental archaeology ( J Sidell ); Archaeology of London, 1973-1997 ( R Cowie and R Densem ).

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edited by Ian Haynes, Harvey Sheldon and Lesley Hannigan

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