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Gloucester plague pit - Epictetus - 04-24-2012
Does anyone know if there has been anything published regarding the "plague pit" discovered in Gloucester in 2004?
Mass Roman Grave Discovered in Gloucester
Based upon press reports, it seems that there was some analysis going on, but I can't find any real studies that have been published.
Re: Gloucester plague pit - Epictetus - 04-25-2012
In case anyone is interested, I seem to have answered my own question.
Simmonds, Andrew; Marquez-Grant, Nicholas; and Loe, Louise (2008) Life and Death in a Roman City: Excavation of a Roman cemetery with a mass grave at 120–122 London Road, Gloucester. Oxford Archaeological Unit Ltd. ISBN 978-0-904220-49-0
Re: Gloucester plague pit - D B Campbell - 04-25-2012
Quote:Does anyone know if there has been anything published regarding the "plague pit" discovered in Gloucester in 2004?Curiously, the find seems never to have been registered in the annual "Roman Britain in XXXX" round-up in the journal Britannia.*
The book you've discovered is reviewed here: http://dx.doi.org/10.3815/006811309789785783 (not yet on JSTOR, owing to the pesky "moving wall")
* Edit: the two inscriptions were promptly published in Britannia 36 (2005), in the "Roman Britain in 2004: Inscriptions" round-up (pp. 474-477, nos. 2 & 3, + figs. 2 & 3).
Re: Gloucester plague pit - D B Campbell - 04-25-2012
Quote:Based upon press reports, it seems that there was some analysis going on, but I can't find any real studies that have been published.Something was nagging at the back of my mind -- and I suddenly remembered this: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440309003288, which is probably what sparked off the press reports?