Reports and Papers

Robert Cowie, Jelena Bekvalac and Tania Kausmally 2008 Late 17th- to 19th-century burial and earlier occupation at All Saints, Chelsea Old Church, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Archaeology Studies Series. MoLAS2008

Excavations at 2–4 Old Church Street revealed prehistoric activity, a Roman rural settlement, and medieval gardens and domestic occupation associated with a medieval manor house, although most of the evidence for settlement related to the post-medieval period, when Chelsea changed from a village to a riverside resort and finally a suburb. A churchyard occupied the southern half of the site; here were recovered the skeletons of 290 parishioners buried between c 1700 and the mid 19th century, including two members of the Hand family who ran the Chelsea Bun House. The report considers various aspects of the cemetery, including its layout, and analysis of 198 skeletons provides demographic data for comparison with other London cemeteries and information on the health of this community.

Western, A. G. 2007 An assessment of the human remains and funerary archaeology. In Williams, P. An Archaeological Recording at All Saint's Church, Bisley, Gloucestershire. Mercian Archaeology. PJ200.

Western, A. G. 2007 Osteological Analysis of a Human Skeleton from a Capuchin Monastery, Antwerp, Belgium. OA1014.

Bekvalac, J. & Leach, S. 2007 An introduction to human remains:St Peter’s church, Barton-upon- Humber, Lincolnshire. Outreach Project for English Heritage Open Day.

Western, A. G. 2007 Osteological Analysis of the Interred and Cremated Skeletal Assemblage from an Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Highfield Farm, Littleport, Cambridgeshire. Archaeological Project Services. OA1013

Griffin S., Western, A. G., Mann, A., & Dalwood, H. 2006 A Late Iron Age Burial at Old Yew Hill Wood, Church Lench. In Trans. Worcestershire Archaeol. Soc., 3rd ser., 20:1-9.

Kausmally, T. 2006 Analysis of the Faunal Remains from Hill Croft, Bodenham, Herefordshire. Herefordshire Archaeology . OA/FA1013.

Western, A. G. 2006 Osteological Analysis of the Cremated Remains from Castle Field, Stapleton, Herefordshire. Herefordshire Archaeology. OA/FA1012.

Western, A. G. 2006 Osteological Analysis of the Human Remains from St. Andrew's Burial Ground, Worcester. Worcester Historic Environment and Archaeological Service. OGW1011. Case Study

Brickley, M., Berry, H., & Western, A. G. 2006 The People: Physical Anthropology in St. Martin's Uncovered: Investigations in the Churchyard of St Martin's-in-the-Bull Ring, Birmingham, 2001, by Brickley, M., Buteux, S., Adams, J. & Cherrington, R. Oxbow Books.

The archaeological excavations at St. Martin's churchyard, Birmingham uncovered 857 burials dating to the late 18th and the 19th century. The burials represent a cross-section of Birmingham's population during the peiod of the Industrial Revolution. Detailed anthropological analysis was carried out on a sample of 505 of the skeletons, investigating aspects of demography and health. Compared to the modern British population, the analysis revealed a high prevalence of metabolic diseases, such as scurvy and rickets. The results of these and other pathological conditions reveal that there were very real links between the prevalence of diseases and the socio-economic status of the individuals under investigation.

Kausmally, T. and Western, A. G. 2005 Human and Faunal Remains from Gramer House, Mancetter, Warwickshire. Mercian Archaeology PJ153.

Kausmally, T. and Western, A. G. 2005 Excavation of Faunal Skeletal Remains from Archaeological Sites. BAJR.

Western, A. G. and Kausmally, T. 2005 Analysis of the Cremated Bone from Roman Road, near Stretton Sugwas, Herefordshire. Mercian Archaeology, PJ 140

Powers, N. 2005 Cranial Trauma and Treatment: A Case Study from the Medieval Cemetery of St. Mary Spital, London. Int. J. of Osteoarchaeology 15: 1-14

Western, A. G. and Kausmally, T. 2005 A Field Guide to the Excavation of Inhumated Human Remains. BAJR.

Western, A. G. and Kausmally, T. 2004 A Basic Overview for the Recovery of Human Remains from Sites Under Development. BAJR.

Western, A. G. and Kausmally, T. 2004 Human Remains from George Lane and Furzen Farm, near Wyre Piddle, Worcestershire.Mercian Archaeology, PJ 120

Western, A. G. 2004 Human Remains from the Commandery, Worcester. Mercian Archaeology, PJ 116
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Western, A. G. 2003 Human Remains from the Chapter House, Worcester Cathedral. Mercian Archaeology, PJ 112
Case Study