Pits and Boots : : excavation of medieval and post-medieval backlands under the Bon Accord Centre, Aberdeen / / Michael Roy.

• VerfasserIn: Roy, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 352 pages)

Pits and Boots derives from excavations carried out in 2007-8, in advance of an extension to the Bon Accord Centre in Aberdeen, that uncovered the backlands of an area that would have formed part of the industrial quarter of the medieval town. The site is well-dated by dendrochronology, augmented by...

Table of Contents

• Preface ; 1 Introduction ; 1.1 Background to the archaeological works ; 1.2 The site and its setting ; 1.3 The archaeological works of 2007-08 ; 1.4 Previous archaeological investigations around Gallowgate and Upperkirkgate ; 1.5 Dating and the chronology of the site ; 1.6 Structure of the monograph ; 1.7 The ceramic assemblage ; 2 Summary of Archaeological Remains by Phase ; 2.1 Introduction ; 2.2 Phase 1 - mid-to-late 12th century (figure 2.3) ; 2.3 Phase 2 - late 12th to mid 13th century (figure 2.14) ; 2.4 Phase 3 - mid-to-late 13th century(figure 2.41) ; 2.5 Phase 4 (early) - late 13th to 14th century (figure 2.53) ; 2.6 Phase 4 (late) - 14th to early 15th century (figure 2.62) ; 2.7 Phase 5 (early) - 15th to 16th century (figure 2.66) ; 2.8 Phase 5 (mid) - 15th to 16th century (figure 2.68) ; 2.9 Phase 5 (late) - 15th/16th to mid-to-late 18th century (figure 2.74) ; 2.10 Phase 6 - mid-to-late 18th to 20th century (figure 2.78) ; 3 Presentation of Artefactual and Ecofactual Evidence by Phase and Feature ; 3.1 Introduction ; 3.2 Phase 1 (mid-to-late 12th century) (figure 2.3) ; 3.3 Phase 2 (late 12th to mid 13th century) (figure 2.14) ; 3.4 Phase 3 (mid-to-late 13th century) (figure 2.41) ; 3.5 Phase 4 (early) (late 13th to 14th century) (figure 2.53) ; 3.6 Phase 4 (late) (14th to early 15th century) (figure 2.63 & Table 3.4) ; 3.7 Phase 5 (early) (15th to 16th century) (figure 2.66) ; 3.8 Phase 5 (mid) (15th to 16th century) (figure 2.68 & Table 3.5) ; 3.9 Phase 5 (late) (15th/16th to mid-to-late 18th century) (figure 2.74 & Table 3.5) ; 4 Specialist Reports - Summaries of the Evidence ; 4.1 Dating evidence ; 4.2 Organic artefacts ; 4.3 Inorganic artefacts ; 4.4 Structural materials ; 4.4.4 Socketed stone ; 4.5 Ecofact analyses ; 5 Discussion: The Site in Its Context ; 5.1 The origins of Upperkirkgate and Gallowgate (phases 1 to 3) ; 5.2 Industrial activity in the medieval gallowgate (phases 1 to 4) ; 5.2.1 Leatherworking and associated processes ; 5.2.2 Other industrial processes ; 5.3 Late medieval and early post-medieval properties (phase 4 to mid phase 5) ; 5.4 Later post-medieval occupation: the gardens of aberdeen (mid-to-late phase 5) ; 5.5 Later post-medieval occupation: houses of the gentry (late phase 5) ; 5.6 The late 18th century onwards: expansion of commerce and industry (phase 6) ; 5.7 Late 19th and 20th century development ; 6 Conclusions ; References ; Appendices ; 1 Radiocarbon dating programme ; 2 Ceramic building materials ; 3 Macroplant remains ; 4 Fish bone ; 5 Ceramics.