London, 1100-1600 - The Archaeology of a Capital City - John Schofield
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London, 1100-1600 - The Archaeology of a Capital City - John Schofield
John Schofield [+]
Museum of London (retired)
John Schofield is now retired from the Museum of London, and is an archaeologist writing various books and reports. He is archaeologist for St Paul's Cathedral, London, and has produced a large report 'St Paul's Cathedral before Wren', published by English Heritage in 2011. Also in 2011 he published 'London 1100-1600' for Equinox Press, in the series Archaeology of Medieval Europe, of which he is series editor. This book was awarded the London Archaeological Prize for the best archaeological publication in London in the years 2011-12, on 16 November 2012.
Description
This chapter considers the archaeology of the towns, villages, farms and rural landscapes around London, roughly out to the present orbital motorway the M25. This is a convenient and totally arbitrary boundary.