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Peter Rowsome.
Heart of the City: Roman, Medieval and Modern London Revealed by Archaeology at 1 Poultry; second edition.
Published London: English Heritage/Museum of London Archaeology Service, 2001 (previous edn.was 2000).
ISBN 1901992144;
ISBN-13: 9781901992144.
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer: Linney Print, Mansfield.
Size: 210x259x7mm.
Page count: 92pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy has some mild scuffs on the covers, a little wear at the edges and corners; the spine is not creased from reading and the text appears to be free of marking.

This item £3.50
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[Publisher’s price £5.99]
Weight without packaging: 389g.

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Contents: Digging up London — theory & practice; Green & pleasant land?; Roman frontier town; Daily life in Londinium in AD 100; Civilised capital to abandoned ruin; Alfred reinvents the old town; Small parish church called St. Benet; Burgeoning medieval city; 'This glorious & ancient city'; Heart of the empire; New building that might just be a masterpiece; London's archaeologists & the Walbrook.

Notes: no
Tables: no
Illustrations: throughout, mostly colour
Maps & plans: 14
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: yes
Bibliography: half-page
Index: no

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See also | London | Archaeology |
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