Preservation of Urban Archaeological Deposits: monitoring and characterisation of archaeological deposits at Marks & Spencer, 44-45 Parliament Street, York

Table of Contents

• Summary

• List of Figures
• List of Tables

• Introduction
• Archaeological background
  • Archaeological interventions at 44-45 Parliament Street
• Design and installation of the monitoring devices
  • Index of monitoring devices and results
    • Borehole logs
• Condition of the archaeological deposits
  • Laboratory methods
  • Sediment descriptions
  • Water content, pH and loss-on-ignition
  • Chemical analysis
  • Broad character of biota
  • Plant preservation
  • Parasite egg preservation
  • Insect preservation
  • Correlation between preservation of plants, worm eggs and insects
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• List of supporting PDF Files
  • Installation of monitoring points
  • Programme of monitoring
  • Evaluation of biological remains
  • Suspected accelerated in situ decay of delicate bioarchaeological remains
  • An archaeological evaluation at 44-45 Parliament Street, York.
• Acknowledgements

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