Religious belief was central to the lives - and deaths - of all medieval Londoners. Religion was fully integrated into the social and political order, providing the population with an understanding of their place in the world and inspiring artists, architects and craftspeople. Belief motivated progressive acts such as early forms of social provision and medical care but was also used to justify wars of conquest and the brutal repression of diversity. Archaeology sheds light on many aspects of belief: from organised religion, both Christianity and Judaism, to superstition or witchcraft; places...
Religious belief was central to the lives - and deaths - of all medieval Londoners. Religion was fully integrated into the social and political order,...
The construction of a new shopping center afforded MOLA the opportunity to investigate a 3.55ha site located between the north bank of the River Avon and the southern defenses of Roman and later Bath. Extensive geoarchaeological work allowed the modeling and dating of the main stages in the evolution of this part of the Avon flood plain from at least the Late Devensian (23-11.5ka BP). The pre-Holocene land forms can be related to the wider pattern of climate-driven landscape change. A very large lithic assemblage points to task-based activities on or immediately adjacent to the site...
The construction of a new shopping center afforded MOLA the opportunity to investigate a 3.55ha site located between the north bank of the Riv...
