Didn't something similar happen on the Bedern site, also in York?
Thank you
David Evans
Environment and Conservation
>>> [log in to unmask] 15/03/2002 15:44:29 >>>
Nice to see that someone has finally managed to gather some evidence to
expose the myth of preservation below development.
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Subject: IA 11: Preservation of urban archaeological deposits]
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> From: Judith Winters [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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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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> Department of Archaeology, University of York,
> King's Manor, YO1 7EP, UK
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