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Tokenhouse Yard in the City of London lies in the upper reaches of the valley of the Walbrook. The Walbrook was undoubtedly a powerful and important topographical feature of the Roman city, rising to the north and coursing through the centre of the settlement cleaving it into two low hills, Cornhill and Ludgate Hill, before discharging into the Thames to the south. This area witnessed the build up of almost 4m of stratified deposits in the years between c. AD 43 and 400. The results of excavation presented in this volume tell the story of the struggle to live alongside the river, attempts to control its course and alleviate flooding. Waterlogged conditions resulted in outstanding preservation of organic remains and artefacts.
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1: Circumstances of the fieldwork
1.2: Organisation of the report
1.3: Geological, topographical and archaeological background
Chapter 2: The Archaeological Sequence 2.1: Channels of the Walbrook
2.2: Early Roman activity: Drainage and consolidation c. AD 50-70
2.3: Early Roman occupation: Alley, fences and box drains AD 70-90
2.4: Reclamation of the area: Drainage and rebuilding AD 90-130
2.5: Rustic structure and further flooding AD 130-180
2.6: Further Flooding and occupation AD 180-250
2.7: Late Roman activity AD 250-400
2.8: Medieval activity
Chapter 3: Specialist Reports 3.1: The Roman pottery
3.2: The building materials
3.3: The Roman coins
3.4: The Roman small finds
3.5: The medieval small finds
3.6: The leather
3.7: The wood assemblage
3.8: The dendrochronological dating
3.9: The animal bone
3.10: The environmental evidence
Chapter 4: Discussion and conclusions Appendix 1: Gazeteer of sites discussed in the text in the vicinity of Tokenhouse Yard
Appendix 2: Pottery fabric expansion codes and quantification tables
Appendix 3: Pollen diagrams
French and German Summaries
