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'Black Death pit' unearthed by Crossrail project
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21784141
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Excavations for London's Crossrail project have unearthed bodies believed to date from the time of the Black Death.
A burial ground was known to be in an area outside the City of London, but its exact location remained a mystery.
Thirteen bodies have been found so far in the 5.5m-wide shaft at the edge of Charterhouse Square, alongside pottery dated to the mid-14th Century.
Analysis will shed light on the plague and the Londoners of the day.
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It seems that there maybe more archaeology discoveries to be made during the project.
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Because of the project's underground scope, significant research was undertaken into the archaeology likely to be found during the course of the construction.
Taken together, the project's 40 sites comprise one of the UK's largest archaeological ventures.
Teams have already discovered skeletons near Liverpool Street, a Bronze-Age transport route, and an array of other finds, including the largest piece of amber ever found in the UK.
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At least developers are prepared in this century to allow the archaeologists onto site..I remember a time when there would be a distinct lack of interest or access.
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