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'Adolf Island' offers new forensic, archaeological and spatial
perspectives on the Nazi forced and slave labour programme that was
initiated on the Channel Island of Alderney during its occupation
in the Second World War. Drawing on extensive archival research and
the results of the first in-field investigations of the 'crime
scenes' since 1945, the book identifies and characterises the
network of concentration and labour camps, fortifications, burial
sites and other material traces connected to the occupation,
providing new insights into the identities and experiences of the
men and women who lived, worked and died within this landscape.
Moving beyond previous studies focused on military aspects of
occupation, the book argues that Alderney was intrinsically linked
to wider systems of Nazi forced and slave labour. -- .
This ground-breaking book provides an abundance of fresh insights
into Shakespeare's life in relation to his lost family home, New
Place. The findings of a major archaeological excavation encourage
us to think again about what New Place meant to Shakespeare and, in
so doing, challenge some of the long-held assumptions of
Shakespearian biography. New Place was the largest house in the
borough and the only one with a courtyard. Shakespeare was only
ever an intermittent lodger in London. His impressive home gave
Shakespeare significant social status and was crucial to his
relationship with Stratford-upon-Avon. Archaeology helps to inform
biography in this innovative and refreshing study which presents an
overview of the site from prehistoric times through to a richly
nuanced reconstruction of New Place when Shakespeare and his family
lived there, and beyond. This attractively illustrated book is for
anyone with a passion for archaeology or Shakespeare. -- .
The site at Mill Lane, Sawston, represents millennia of human
activity within a dynamic and changing landscape setting. River
valleys have been a focus for human activity since the early
Holocene and, in addition to providing abundant archaeological
evidence for this activity, the proximity to water also highlights
the potential for the preservation of both archaeological remains
and palaeoenvironmental source material. However, human activity
within river valleys also commonly bridges areas of both wetland
and dryland; ecological zones which are often approached using
quite different archaeological methods and which present
considerable differences in levels of archaeological visibility and
preservation. The site at Mill Lane offered an uncommon opportunity
to explore the interface between these two types of environment.
Here we present the results of the study of a wetland/dryland
interface on the edge of palaeochannels of the River Cam in
Cambridgeshire. Through the integrated archaeological and
palaeoenvironmental analysis of a site on the western edge of
Sawston, a detailed picture of life on the edge of the floodplain
from the late glacial to the post-medieval periods has been
developed. At the heart of this is the relationship between people
and their changing environment, which reveals a shifting pattern of
ritual, occupation and more transitory activity as the riparian
landscape in a wooded setting became a wetland within a more openly
grazed environment. The presence of potential built structures
dating to the early Neolithic, the early Bronze Age and the early
Anglo-Saxon periods provides some sense of continuity, although the
nature of these structures and the environmental context within
which they were constructed was very different.
This report provides the integrated results of extensive
archaeological investigations undertaken at the site of a former
car park located between Much Park and St. John s Street, Coventry
(central England) between 2007 and 2010. The results have
demonstrated that the site represents one of the most important
investigations into medieval Coventry, and is of national
significance. The features, deposits and structures can be divided
into seven main phases beginning in the 12th century, through to
the present day."
These excavations on an overflow burial ground recorded 152 human
burials, dating to the mid-19th century. Anthropological analysis
was carried out on 150 skeletons, revealing some striking results.
An assessment of the pathology of the skeletons revealed a wide
variety of diseases, conditions and trauma, including cases of
tuberculosis, osteoarthritis, infectious diseases, syphilis,
malignant tumours, and dental diseases. The archaeological
evidence, scientific analysis of the skeletal remains, and the
documentary research provide an important basis from which to
reconstruct the lives and deaths of the people living in central
Wolverhampton during the 19th century.
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