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Joining the Dots: uniting Salisbury's past through holes in the ground

by Phil Harding

Salisbury’s past beneath the streets

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Salisbury’s past beneath the streets

Redevelopment work in Salisbury provides the starting point for this account of the city’s medieval life. Archaeological traces—including house foundations, pottery, animal bones and food remains—are brought together with surviving timber-framed buildings to reconstruct the built environment and illuminate residents’ daily lives. The subjects range from health, diet and occupations to social status, with attention to connections between the urban population and nearby rural communities. The book frames Salisbury not only through its cathedral and planned market-centred layout, but also through material evidence of the people who lived there.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in medieval Salisbury and British urban history.
  • Those curious about how archaeological finds can illuminate everyday life.
  • Readers interested in the relationship between medieval towns and rural communities.

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Medieval urban lifeArchaeology and material evidenceFood, health and occupationsUrban-rural connections

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Book overview

Salisbury is renowned for its superb medieval cathedral and planned city centred on its market. Traces of timber-framed buildings, which served as homes for countless generations of Salisbury occupants, still remain. The lives of these former residents can now start to be reconstructed from the archaeological evidence as parts of the city have been redeveloped. Foundations of former houses can be matched with upstanding buildings to reconstruct the appearance of medieval Salisbury. The everyday lives, health, diet, occupations and social status of the residents can be illustrated using pottery, animal bones and food remains referencing how the urban population integrated with communities in rural areas. This volume attempts to bring these diverse strands of archaeological evidence together for the first time to tell the story of this cathedral city and its residents through its engaging past.

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