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Reports

The Poulton Skeleton Manual
Our current procedures and methods for the excavation and the subsequent processing of human remains (PDF document, 1.4 Mbytes). 

Report on excavated window glass
A report by Penny Hebgin-Barnes on excavated glass found on the chapel site (MS Word document, 37 Kbytes)

Poulton Survey Control Network
Ray Carpenter and Steve Crane have produced a new report on the Poulton Survey Control Network (PDF document,  657 Kbytes).

Analysis of human skeletal material from the Poulton Research Project: 1995 - 2002
A formal report on the analysis of all the human skeletal material from the 1995 thro' 2002 seasons (PDF document 1.2 Mbytes).

Awakening the dead
A more accessible article written for the general reader on excavating human remains. It contains some of the same information as the formal report in a little less detail. (PDF document, 850 Kbytes).

2004 Season Report
Mike Emery's site report for the 2004 season.

2001 Geophysics Survey Report
Alan Brown's final report on the 2001 geophys season (MS Word document, 683 Kbytes).

2003 Geophysics Group Progress Report
Alan Brown's progress report on the geophysics work carried out in the 2003 season.  Or download an MS Word version (110 Kbytes).

2003 Student Geophysics Training Grids
Alan Brown's preliminary report on the work of the 2003 students.  Or download an MS Word version (86 Kbytes).

Poulton Finds Studied at Daresbury Laboratory
A paper presented by Dr. Manolis Pantos of the CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory at the Conference on The Use of Ion Beams in Material Sciences, Medicine and Archaeometry, Namur, Belgium. 22-24 May 2003.

Poulton article in Current Archaeology number 180
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Report on skeletal remains of one individual from Poulton Chapel
Dr Charlotte Roberts, Department of Archaeology, University of Durham
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The skeletal remains of one individual from the Medieval Chapel at Poulton, Cheshire, were presented for analysis and undertaken for BBC's 'Meet the Ancestors' programme following the skeleton's appearance in the 1998 series.
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