# Bones of Contention

- Institution: Gresham College
- Taught by: Michael Marshall, Don Walker, James Wright, Professor Charlotte Roberts
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/bones-contention)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

From jewellery and domestic utensils to weaponry and religious objects, artefacts provide a vivid connection to London's Roman past. This lecture explores the ways in which archaeologists can analyse and interpret these objects, presenting some results of the latest research into the artefacts from excavations in the City of London and the new insights they provide into the lives of the first Londoners. Part of the Mondays at One Archaeology Series.

## Lectures

1. [Artefacts and the Study of Life in Roman London](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-bones-contention/1acebe53bd9d) (YouTube)
2. [Mass Burials from St Mary Spital, London](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-bones-contention/1ec8d0d93bc9) (YouTube)
3. [Ritual Protection Marks and Witchcraft at Knole, Kent](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-bones-contention/ca9629bb45e3) (YouTube)
4. [The Archaeology of Disease Documented in Skeletons](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-bones-contention/96ea9ffe4bec) (YouTube)