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Publication Date: Late 2006

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Summary:

Between 1971 and 1978 a series of excavations took place in the historic city of Norwich aimed at researching sites threatened by immediate development. Known today as the ‘Norwich Survey’ the project excavated almost forty sites, most of which were published individually in East Anglian Archaeology. This volume gathers together for the first time all the information concerning the finds generated by the project.
The finds from the Norwich survey excavations provide a wealth of rich and varied evidence of lifestyles and occupations in medieval and post-medieval Norwich. They provide a great deal of evidence about the the daily life of the people, often illuminating the ordinary households seldom recorded in documents. They reveal the treasured possesions of tenants, evidence of their eating habits and furnishings, of the crafts they pursued and of how they spent their leisure time.
Catalogued here according to their use and function, this volume contains a wealth of illustrated artefacts not previously published and allows a more social and historical interpretation of the evidence. Combined with the dating and contextual evidence outlined in the text this volume opens a window up on one city’s historic population.

Dress and Personal Possessions, Furnishings and Household Equipment, Occupations, Industry and Crafts, Diversions, Unclassified.