A 4.1.1 Coin. In: Roy, M 'Matter of Life and Death' Trade and Burial around St Giles' Cathedral: Archaeological Investigations at Parliament House, Edinburgh'
Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Holmes, Nicholas
Abstract
Archaeological evaluation of the Southern Courtyard of the Parliament House complex, to the south of St Gilesà¢â‚¬â„¢ Cathedral in Edinburghà¢â‚¬â„¢s Old Town, has provided a valuable insight into the lives, health and mortality of the inhabitants of the late medieval city. The evaluation revealed a backland area in the centre of medieval Edinburgh, with deposits rich in artefactual and ecofactual material derived from the everyday lives of the populace, underlying early burghal surfaces. The presence of artefacts including a small leather assemblage and a seal matrix may indicate production and trading activities between the High Street and the Cowgate in the late medieval period. Above these surfaces, and underlying fragmentary evidence of the post-medieval Meal Market, numerous late medieval inhumations were recorded; these belonged to the southward expansion of St Gilesà¢â‚¬â„¢ graveyard. This report details the analysis of the skeletal remains, illuminating the health and demography of the population of the city from around the mid-15th to the early-to-mid-16th century.
Contributor (person)
Ceràƒ³n-Carrasco, R
Craster, A
Cross, M
Crowley, N
Evans, Jane
Franklin, J
Hall, A
Hall, Derek
Holmes, Nicholas
Inglis, R
Kenward, H
Melikian, M
Smith, Catherine
Thomas, C
Thoms, J
Thomson, L
Timpany, S
Toolis, R
Walton Rogers, P
Carrurthers, G
Journal title
Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports
Issue
87
Publisher
The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Place of publication
Edinburgh
ISSN
e2056-7421
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