Under the Oracle

Daniel Poore, Ruth Shaffrey, Ben M. Ford, David R. P. Wilkinson

ISBN 10: 1905905270 / ISBN 13: 9781905905270

Verlag: Oxford University School of Archaeology, GB, 2013

Excavations carried out by Oxford Archaeology in advance of the building of the Oracle shopping centre revealed a long sequence of development of the Kennet floodplain at Reading. This volume reports on the substantial evidence recovered for medieval and post-medieval water management, milling at the Minster Mill and St Giles Mill, the tanning, leather working and dyeing industries, and an unusual building interpreted as the 12th- to 13th-century cookhouse of Reading Abbey. The stories of two well-known Reading sites, the Oracle Workhouse and the Yield Hall, are followed from the medieval period up to the 19th century. Substantial specialist reports include pottery, glass, leatherworking, dendrochronology and clay pipes. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9781905905270

Inhaltsangabe:

Excavations carried out by Oxford Archaeology in advance of the building of the Oracle shopping centre revealed a long sequence of development of the Kennet floodplain at Reading. This volume reports on the substantial evidence recovered for medieval and post-medieval water management, milling at the Minster Mill and St Giles Mill, the tanning, leather working and dyeing industries, and an unusual building interpreted as the 12th- to 13th-century cookhouse of Reading Abbey. The stories of two well-known Reading sites, the Oracle Workhouse and the Yield Hall, are followed from the medieval period up to the 19th century. Substantial specialist reports include pottery, glass, leatherworking, dendrochronology and clay pipes.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren: Daniel Poore is Chief Operating Officer at Oxford Archaeology and a Director of the Federation of Archaeological Managers and Employers (FAME) and is its advisor on health and safety issues. He is the co-author of Excavations at Oxford Castle 1999-2009 (2019) and Under the Oracle (Oxbow, 2013).

Ruth Shaffrey (PhD, 1998) is a Project Officer with Oxford Archaeology and specialises in the archaeology of worked stone

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Under the Oracle
Verlag: Oxford University School of Archaeology, GB
Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
Einband: Hardback
Zustand: New