| Life and Death on a Norwich Backstreet Ad 900-1600: Excavations in St Faith's Lane Norwich, 1998 Contributor(s): Soden, Iain (Author) |
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ISBN: 0955506212 ISBN-13: 9780955506215 Publisher: East Anglian Archaeology OUR PRICE: $20.90 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - History | Europe - Medieval - Social Science | Demography |
| Dewey: 304.640 |
| LCCN: 2010474416 |
| Series: East Anglian Archaeology Monograph |
| Physical Information: 75 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Excavations and a watching brief at St Faith's Lane uncovered part of a 10th- to 12th-century street frontage comprising incomplete remains of timber structures, pits and ditches. Finds relate to domestic occupation and a metalworking presence that may indicate a nearby forge. In the 13th century, after a period of decline and possible abandonment, the site was incorporated into the precinct of the Franciscan Friary. The Greyfriars soon began burying their dead in a cemetery laid out there, halting only to dig for minerals for a nearby building programme, probably in the 14th century. The burials have an unusual demographic profile which may relate, at least in part, to a Franciscan school of international renown. The site was fully enclosed by a precinct wall in the early 16th century and after the Dissolution was predominantly garden until redevelopment in the 19th century. Fittingly, the site is now part of a school once more. |