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Winter 2020

Volume 15, Number I I

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Features
  • Access to archaeology: Layers of London Adam Corsini of Layers of London talks about an exciting new project, begun in collaboration with London Archaeologist
  • Archaeological update: Sites Unseen We highlight some post-medieval sites either excavated or recorded as standing buildings, selected from the latest Fieldwork Round-up

Research
Industrialisation’s Impact on London Health
A three-year project re-examined 2,241 of London's stored skeletons — the results reveal the differences between inner city living and life beyond
Gaynor Western and Jelena Bekvalac

New Evidence for Bear-Baiting in Southwark
An examination of animal bones from Empire Warehouse, Southwark, has provided further information about this infamous medieval and post-medieval entertainment
Les Capon and Kevin Rielly

America Square Revisited
A post-excavation training project reviews the finds from a 1987 excavation held in the London Archive and, combined with historical research, reveals the benefits to students and London's archaeology alike
Jacqui Pearce and MAAST

Plus commentary, news, book reviews and events diary

On the Cover
Gold coin, solidus, of Magnus Maximus, the usurper who ruled Spain, Gaul and Britain in AD 377—88. It was minted in Trier and his coins are not common in Britain. The silver siliqua shows the reverse of a coin of the Emperor Arcadius, dated to AD 395—402. Minted in Milan, it was one of the last Roman coins to be supplied to Britain.

This hoard of 133 coins (19 solidi and 114 siliquae) was found in 2012 . It had been buried in a boundary ditch of one of Roman London's cemeteries.
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