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Gorse Stacks : 2000 years of quarrying and waste disposal in Chester

Title
Gorse Stacks : 2000 years of quarrying and waste disposal in Chester / Richard Cuttler ... [et al.].
Publication
Oxford, England : Archaeopress, 2012.

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Additional Authors
  • Cuttler, R. (Richard)
  • Hewitson, Christopher.
  • University of Birmingham. Birmingham Archaeology.
Description
viii, 232 p. : ill., maps, plans (some col.); 30 cm.
Summary
"The site of Delamere Street lies just outside the North gate of ... Roman and medieval Chester and in recent years has been subject to intensive investigation as part of the Gorse Stacks development ... This publication represents the culmination of those investigations carried out by Birmingham Archaeology during 2006 and 2008. ... The Roman activity on the site was represented mainly by large sandstone quarry pits, which were later reused for the disposal of rubbish from within the fortress. A large quantity of pottery, animal bone, and metal artefacts were recovered from the fills of these pits dating to the late 1st to early 2nd centuries, representing a snapshot of daily life within and around the fortress. ... The quarrying ... was resumed in the 16th century ... with the quarrying being infilled in the subsequent centuries after the sandstone supply had been exhausted. The infilling of this quarry with domestic and industrial waste again provided a snapshot of activity taking place in Chester during the 18th-20th centuries."--Summary, p. vii.
Series Statement
  • Birmingham Archaeology monograph series ; 13
  • BAR British series ; 563
Uniform Title
  • Birmingham Archaeology monograph series ; 13.
  • BAR British series ; 563.
Alternative Title
  • 2000 years of quarrying and waste disposal in Chester
  • Two thousand years of quarrying and waste disposal in Chester
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-232).
Contents
Background to the work -- The Roman quarry / by R. Cuttler, C. Hewitson, and K. Krawiec -- The post-medieval quarry.
Call Number
JFG 13-50
ISBN
  • 1407310011
  • 9781407310015
OCLC
808215752
Title
Gorse Stacks : 2000 years of quarrying and waste disposal in Chester / Richard Cuttler ... [et al.].
Imprint
Oxford, England : Archaeopress, 2012.
Series
Birmingham Archaeology monograph series ; 13
BAR British series ; 563
Birmingham Archaeology monograph series ; 13.
BAR British series ; 563.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-232).
Added Author
Cuttler, R. (Richard)
Hewitson, Christopher.
University of Birmingham. Birmingham Archaeology.
Research Call Number
JFG 13-50
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