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This page provides links to the original Spoilheap website, with data for those interested in learning more about some aspects of archaeology.

Archaeology

• Archaeology Introduction
  1. What is archaeology?
  2. What is its relationship with history?
  3. Archaeology in Britain today
  4. Archaeological methods
  5. Bibliography
• List of archaeology papers by Sue Anderson
• Archaeology Links

Pottery and other ceramics

• Pottery Introduction
1. What can we learn from broken pottery?
2. Prehistoric and Roman pottery: a brief summary
3. Medieval pottery
4. Post-medieval pottery
5. Other ceramics: building materials
6. Bibliography
• Pottery Papers
• Pottery and Ceramics Links
• Pottery Galleries
1. Saxon
2. Medieval coarsewares
3. Medieval glazed wares
4. Late medieval and transitional

Finds

• Finds Introduction
1. What is an archaeological artefact?
2. What can we learn from finds?
3. Archaeological materials
4. Some common finds
5. Bibliography
• Finds Papers
1. List of finds reports by Sue Anderson
2. Paper: Wash 'n' Go: the field archaeologist's attitude to finds?
• Finds Links
• Finds Galleries
1. Flint and stone
2. Ceramics
3. Coins
4. Dress accessories
5. Metalwork

Human Skeletal Remains

• Human Bone Introduction
1. Why excavate human bones?
2. What can we learn from studying them?
3. The techniques of analysing bones
4. Palaeopathology
5. Bibliography
• Human Bone Papers
1. MPhil Thesis by Sue Anderson (pdfs)
1. Front matter
2. Introduction
3. Chapter 1 - Sites
4. Chapter 2 - Present state
5. Chapter 3.1 - Palaeodemography
6. Chapter 3.2 - Palaeodemography
7. Chapter 4 - Metrical analysis
8. Chapter 5 - Non-metric traits
9. Chapter 6 - Dental analysis
10. Chapter 7 - Pathology note
11. Chapter 8 - Archaeology
12. Chapter 9 - Conclusions
13. Bibliography
2. Human bone papers (pdfs)
1. Digging up people
2. Skeletons in the cupboard
3. Human bone reports (pdfs)
1. Winchester Street, Andover, Hampshire
2. Harroway Farm, Andover, Hampshire
3. St Saviour's, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
4. Old School House, Boxted, Suffolk
5. Long Melford, Suffolk
6. Marmont Priory, Upwell, Norfolk
7. Ryhope Dean, Sunderland
• Human Bone Galleries
1. Spinal conditions
2. Degenerative diseases
3. Trauma - fractures
4. Trauma - wounds
5. Infections
6. Developmental/congenital conditions
7. Deficiency diseases
• Human Bone Links

Burial archaeology

• Burial Archaeology Introduction
1. Introduction
2. Burial practices by period
   1. Palaeolithic
   2. Mesolithic
   3. Neolithic
   4. Bronze Age
   5. Iron Age
   6. Roman
   7. Early Saxon
   8. Middle Saxon
   9. Late Saxon-Early Medieval
   10. Medieval
   11. Post-Medieval
3. Legal aspects, techniques and interpretation
1. Legal aspects of burial archaeology
2. Archaeological techniques
3. Interpretation and Conclusions
4. Bibliography
4. Burial Archaeology Gallery