TVAS Reading: Excavations at St. John’s College, Oxford. Evidence of St. Brice’s day massacre
TVAS Reading: Excavations at St. John’s College, Oxford. Evidence of St. Brice day massacre
On this day the St. Brice’s Day Massacre took place. Back in 2008 TVAS excavated the first archaeological evidence of this event.
The lecture will feature a skeleton from our excavations at Elizabeth House, St. John’s College, Oxford. The results of the excavations are published in Monograph 17 (£24.00+postage and packaging, available for purchase).
Below are links to our previous news articles about the skeletons found as well downloadable PDFs of the display posters used at the open day in 2010.
Articles:
CNN article about Viking skeletons
Nature article update: Reconstruction of a Viking
Publication of an article in Nature
Posters:
Kendrew Quadrangle Monuments, Murder and Farming – A summary of the excavations (6.58MB)
Phases 1-2 – Late Neolithic to Roman (2.96MB)
Phases 1-2 – The Henge (4.02MB)
Phase 3 – Mass Burial Excavating the grave (14.7MB)
Phase 3 – Mass Burial Identities (2.67MB)
Phase 3 – Mass Burial Pathology (8.17MB)
Phase 3 – Mass Burial Hacked, Stabbed and Shot – Physical trauma visible in the bones (11.8MB)
Phase 3 – Mass Burial Patterns of Violence – Analysing the trauma (3.93MB)
Phase 3 – Mass Burial Conclusions (9.22MB)