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: Britain; Ponsford, Michael, 1994 Post-medieval Britain and Ireland in 1993 Post-medieval Archaeol, 28, 119-83
London; Molleson, Theya and Cox, Margaret, with H A Waldron and D K Whittaker, 1993 The Spitalfields Project: Volume 2, the anthropology. The middling sort, CBA Res Rep, 86
Initial anthropological report on the skeletal material recovered from the crypt, nearly 400 individuals being associated with coffin plates giving personal details. Social backgrounds were reconstructed, the majority of the individuals being of Huguenot descent, many involved in the silk industry. Some marked differences from modern skeletal samples are documented.; Reeve, Jez and Adams, Max, 1993 The Spitalfields Project: Volume 1, the archaeology. Across the Styx, CBA Res Rep, 85
The need to clear the crypt at Christ Church, Spitalfields resulted in the recovery of c 1000 burials from 1729 to 1852, whose interrelationships and significance are examined in detail. Safety procedures had to be devised in the face of danger from smallpox and lead-poisoning, and specialised logistical, management, and recording procedures were also laid down. The coffins and associated metalwork, artefacts, and textiles are discussed in detail, as are the site formation processes.