Archaeology in Bath: Excavations at the New Royal Baths (the Spa) and Bellott's Hospital 1998-1999 (Oxford Archaeology Monograph) - Softcover

Davenport, Peter; Jordan, David; Poole, Cynthia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0904220451 ISBN 13: 9780904220452

Publisher: Oxford Archaeology, 2007

Synopsis

Prior to the building of the new Bath Spa, in the centre of the World Heritage City of Bath, excavations were carried out to record the archaeological remains threatened by its construction. Evidence was recovered of the presence and perhaps the rituals of mesolithic hunter-gatherers, hitherto unknown official Roman buildings of the first and second centuries and some indication of activity in the late Saxon and medieval periods. An important part of the dig was a programme of geoarchaeological research to study the microstructure of the soils excavated with a view to understanding the activities that led to their formation.

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About the Author:

David Jordan is a member of the Defence Studies Department, part of the Joint Services Command and Staff College. He is currently academic director for the Air Single Component Phase of the Advanced Command and Staff Course and Chairman of the Board of Examiners for the MA in Defence Studies. Dr. Jordan is also a member of the Chief of the Air Staff’s Air Power Workshop. He has published extensively on the military history of the twentieth century.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Archaeology
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0904220451
• ISBN 13: 9780904220452
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 195