Under the Oracle

Ben M Ford author Ruth Shaffrey author David R P Wilkinson author Daniel Poore author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University School of Archaeology

Published:1st Apr '13

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Under the Oracle cover

Excavations carried out by Oxford Archaeology in advance of the building of the Oracle shopping centre revealed a long sequence of development of the Kennet floodplain at Reading. This volume reports on the substantial evidence recovered for medieval and post-medieval water management, milling at the Minster Mill and St Giles Mill, the tanning, leather working and dyeing industries, and an unusual building interpreted as the 12th- to 13th-century cookhouse of Reading Abbey. The stories of two well-known Reading sites, the Oracle Workhouse and the Yield Hall, are followed from the medieval period up to the 19th century. Substantial specialist reports include pottery, glass, leatherworking, dendrochronology and clay pipes.

...this is a valuable advance in the demystification of an English medieval town. -- Medieval Archaeology Medieval Archaeology haeology

ISBN: 9781905905270

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340 pages