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Internet Archaeology is pleased to announce the publication of
"Preservation of Urban Archaeological Deposits: monitoring and
characterisation of archaeological deposits at Marks & Spencer, 44-45
Parliament Street, York" by Mat Davis, Allan Hall, Harry Kenward and John
Oxley
http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue11/oxley_index.html
This article discusses results of a deposit monitoring project carried out
over 4 years in the centre of the City of York. The article discusses the
character of the archaeological deposits and the burial environment
surrounding them, revealing evidence that suggests changes are taking
place in some of the highly organic archaeological deposits. Prompted by
the findings, the authors ask what do we mean when we say 'preservation in
situ'.
In conclusion, the authors challenge the concept of 'preservation in
situ'. Given that it is based on the assumption that buried
archaeological deposits stay in the same state of preservation if they are
not disturbed, are the sealed urban deposits such as those in Parliament
Street being 'preserved' or are they in fact being condemned to unseen,
unrecorded destruction, sealed below new buildings?
Judith
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Judith Winters, Editor - Internet Archaeology http://intarch.ac.uk
Department of Archaeology, University of York,
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