Alban's buried towns; an assessment of St. Alban's archaeology up to AD 1600.1842171496 Alban's buried towns; an assessment of St. Alban's archaeology up to AD 1600. Niblett, Rosalind and Isobel Thompson. Oxbow Books 2005 413 pages $80.00 Hardcover NA5471 The first in a series of in-depth studies on the archaeology of significant English cities and towns, this volume presents a thorough, chronological treatment of the rich history of St Albans St Albans is in southern Hertfordshire, England, around 22 miles (35km) north of London, beside the site of a Catuvellauni settlement and the Roman town of Verulamium. St Albans is Hertfordshire's oldest town, a modern city shaped by over 2000 years of continuous human occupation. . Settlement in the area stretches back to prehistoric pre·his·tor·ic also pre·his·tor·i·cal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or belonging to the era before recorded history. 2. Of or relating to a language before it is first recorded in writing. times and it was a notable Roman city before the establishment of the major monastery monastery Local community or residence of a religious order, particularly an order of monks. Christian monasteries originally developed in Egypt, where the monks first lived as isolated hermits and then began to coalesce in communal groups. of St Albans
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