Leicester Cathedral Revealed: uncovering 2,000 years of history beneath the Cathedral Gardens.

This day of talks will reveal what archaeologists from University of Leicester Archaeological Services have uncovered about Leicester Cathedral and the Roman city beneath it during 3 years of excavations in the Cathedral Gardens.

10:00   Registration; tea, coffee and biscuits

10:30   Welcome

10:35   Leicester Cathedral Revealed: a transformational project. Simon Bentley, Leicester Cathedral

11:00   Leicester Cathedral Revealed: uncovering a slice of Leicester’s life. John Thomas and Alice Forward, ULAS

11:50   What’s in a name? Combining archaeological evidence with historical records to identify an individual.Amber Furmage, ULAS

12:15   Lunch

13:25   Engaged? Creating an archaeobotanical display within the Leicester Cathedral loos. Rachel Small, ULAS and Francesca Pellegrino, Leicester Cathedral

14:00   The animal bones from the Cathedral. Will Johnson-Moss, ULAS

14:20   Health, diet, and death: stories from medieval Leicester (pre-recorded). Malin Holst, York Osteoarchaeology

14:50   Tea and coffee

15:20   Revealing the lives of Leicester’s inhabitants: early insights from Osteoarchaeology. Sarah Inskip, University of Leicester

15:45   Laid to rest – burial practices in medieval and post-medieval Leicester. Mathew Morris, ULAS

16:30   Close