London's archaeology is as complex and varied as the city is today. These seventeen papers survey twenty-five years of London archaeology in the city and its environs from prehistory to 1800. Contents: Introduction ( H Sheldon and I Haynes ); Towards the development of a settled landscape in London c.4000-1200 BC ( J Cotton ); Changing approaches to the first milolennium ( N Merriman ); The Roman city ( M Hassall ); Art in Roman London ( M Henig ); Religion ( I Haynes ); Evidence from Roman London's cemeteries ( B Barber and J Hall ); Roman Southwark ( H Sheldon ); Roads, roadside settlements and their countryside ( D G Bird ); Early and middle Saxon archaeology ( R Cowie ); Late Saxon and Norman London ( J Clark ); Buildings and defences 1200-1600 ( J Schofield ); Medieval pottery ( A Vince ); Tudor and Stuart playhouses ( S Blatherwick ); Morturay archaeology to 1800 ( V Harding ); Environmental archaeology ( J Sidell ); Archaeology of London, 1973-1997 ( R Cowie and R Densem ).

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• CONTENTS
• Acknowledgements
• List of contributors
• Foreword
• 1. Introduction: Twenty-Five Years of London Archaeology: Harvey Sheldon and Ian Haynes
• 2. Foragers and farmers: towards the development of a settled landscape in London, c. 4000–1200 BC: Jonathan Cotton
• 3. Changing approaches to the First Millennium BC: Nick Merriman
• 4. London: the Roman City: Mark Hassall
• 5. Art in Roman London: Martin Henig
• 6. Religion in Roman London: Ian Haynes
• 7. Digging up the people of Roman London: interpreting evidence from Roman London’s cemeteries: Bruno Barber and Jenny Hall
• 8. Roman Southwark: Harvey Sheldon
• 9. The Environs of Londinium: roads, roadside settlements and the countryside: D. G. Bird
• 10. Londinium to Lundenwic: Early and Middle Saxon archaeology in the London region: Robert Cowie
• 11. Late Saxon and Norman London: thirty years on: John Clark
• 12. London: buildings and defences 1200–1600: John Schofield
• 13. The study of medieval pottery in London: Alan Vince
• 14. The archaeology of entertainment: London’s Tudor and Stuart playhouses: Simon Blatherwick
• 15. Death in the City: mortuary archaeology to 1800: Vanessa Harding
• 16. Twenty-Five Years of environmental archaeology in London: Jane Sidell
• Appendix: The archaeology of London, 1972–1997: Robert Cowie and Robin Densem