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The excavations at St Peter's church, Barton-upon-Humber, between
1978 and 1984 have yielded the largest collection of human remains
in the UK, dating from the late tenth century to the
mid-nineteenth. The twin aims of the project were to understand the
architectural history and setting of this complex, multi-period
building (Volume 1), and to recover a substantial sample of the
population for palaeopathological study (Volume 2). An extensive
programme of historical and topographical research also took place
in order to set the archaeological evidence firmly in context. The
parish registers, which extend back to the mid-sixteenth century,
were transcribed, and these provide an important demographic
overview of the population. The cemetery evidence revealed that the
population is entirely secular, representing a cross-section of all
levels of society living in the town and its hinterland. In total,
2,750 inhumations were examined, but there were also thousands of
disarticulated bones - approximately three tons in weight - which
could only be given the briefest examination. Those who were buried
at St Peter's were subject not only to the normal visitations of
disease and trauma but suffered an outbreak of the plague in 1593,
when about a fifth of the population was lost. Taking the long view
over the entire period, however, it is striking how many of the
marks of health and vigour, popularly supposed to have changed
substantially between the middle ages and the Victorian era, have
remained relatively constant. Together, the two volumes provide
fascinating insights into that mainstay of settlement - the small
English market town.
Eleven papers by people working on animal bones from urban sites
showing how their work can contribute to the understanding of life
and trade in towns: food remains (T O'Connor)
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Food and diet are central to understanding daily life in the middle
ages. In the last two decades, the potential for the study of diet
in medieval England has changed markedly: historians have addressed
sources in new ways; material from a wide range of sites has been
processed by zooarchaeologists and archaeobotanists; and scientific
techniques, newly applied to the medieval period, are opening up
possibilities for understanding the cumulative effects of diet on
the skeleton. In a multi-disciplinary approach to the subject, this
volume, written by leading experts in different fields, unites
analysis of the historical, archaeological, and scientific record
to provide an up-to-date synthesis. The volume covers the whole of
the middle ages from the early Saxon period up to c .1540, and
while the focus is on England wider European developments are not
ignored.
The first aim of the book is to establish how much more is now
known about patterns of diet, nutrition, and the use of food in
display and social competition; its second is to promote
interchange between the methodological approaches of historians and
archaeologists. The text brings together much original research,
marrying historical and archaeological approaches with analysis
from a range of archaeological disciplines, including
archaeobotany, archaeozoology, osteoarchaeology, and isotopic
studies.
Food and diet are central to understanding daily life in the middle
ages. In the last two decades, the potential for the study of diet
in medieval England has changed markedly: historians have addressed
sources in new ways; material from a wide range of sites has been
processed by zooarchaeologists and archaeobotanists; and scientific
techniques, newly applied to the medieval period, are opening up
possibilities for understanding the cumulative effects of diet on
the skeleton. In a multi-disciplinary approach to the subject, this
volume, written by leading experts in different fields, unites
analysis of the historical, archaeological, and scientific record
to provide an up-to-date synthesis. The volume covers the whole of
the middle ages from the early Saxon period up to c.1540, and while
the focus is on England wider European developments are not
ignored. The first aim of the book is to establish how much more is
now known about patterns of diet, nutrition, and the use of food in
display and social competition; its second is to promote
interchange between the methodological approaches of historians and
archaeologists. The text brings together much original research,
marrying historical and archaeological approaches with analysis
from a range of archaeological disciplines, including
archaeobotany, archaeozoology, osteoarchaeology, and isotopic
studies.
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