miércoles, 4 de enero de 2012

Roman bath in London

    Searching the guardian.co.uk, I found this news: "Roman baths discovered under Thameslink site in Southwark". I was looking for a news thta talk about archaeology, because thath is the carrer I want to follow. I choose this one because I have always been interesting in archaeology's discovered on the city.

Here is the link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/sep/16/roman-baths-thameslink-site-southwark

   The news is about the discovered of a Roman bath house near the Thames in Southwark, London. This discovered was done, like many in archaeology, when was working a urban project; in this case was the Network Rail for the Thameslink project. 
   The city of Londinium is walled, and the Southwark is a marshy area with small islands separated by creeks. The bath house is a complex that include a cold plunge bath and rooms with a Roman system of heating: underfloor hypocauts.
   This is a very important discovered, because is changing, in addition with others discoveries, the perception of archaeologist of the area. An archeologist of Nertwork Rail who was working in the ruins, Chris Place said that "in romans time the main settlement was on the north of Thames, and was connected to the settlement of Southwark"; so, this ruins are a suprise because archaeologist wasn't expected structures of "this nature and size in the area".
    This kind of discoveries make rethink the local history; in this case archaeologist have to rethink the relation between the settlemens of the north bank of the Thames and Southwark.
 

                         Remains of Roman bath house on corner of Borough High Street and London Bridge Street in Southwark
 

4 comentarios:

  1. If I didn`t know this bath is related with Roman people, I could think in something about a sauna or something like a bathroom... the archaeologista are strange peopla... I like them :)

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  2. Nice...I would love to work with complex societies like the Romans (they were so cool!). And discoveries like this make their work more difficult and more intriguing. Love it!

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  3. i think is very strange to find a bath... but this is science :)

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  4. The bathroom rules...
    I think that bathrooms represent the culture of a society.

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