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The most complex and rewarding kind of publication to round off excavations and analysis is to write a monograph. In the past in London, with the help of English Heritage, many rescue sites were published in a series of monographs. The sites were linked regionally by common period: Prehistoric, Roman or Medieval. These sites had been excavated in the 1970 and 80s by different archaeological units using various kinds of methods, they had originally been summarised separately for publication without funding for detailed analysis. For the final publication, however, the data were analysed. Drawing together many sites as parts of prehistoric/ historic periods allowed a deeper understanding of a London region.
To give an example of a more complex report than 'Fictive Excavation' can provide, let me give you a case study of one of the monographs I have been working on recently: South-West Roman London, Industry (Hammer et al in prep).