Early Medieval Settlements
The Archaeology of Rural Communities in North-West Europe 400-900
Series: Medieval History and Archaeology;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 5 December 2002
- ISBN 9780199246977
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages240 pages
- Size 254x176x18 mm
- Weight 595 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous figures, maps and halftones 0
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Short description:
The excavation of settlements has transformed our understanding of life in north-west Europe during the early Middle Ages, a period for which written sources are scarce. This is the first overview and synthesis of the extensive and rapidly growing body of archaeological evidence for early medieval buildings, settlements, farming, craft production, and trade among the rural communities of this region. Helena Hamerow places the archaeological findings in their historical context and examines their significance for Anglo-Saxon England.
MoreLong description:
The excavation of settlements has in recent years transformed our understanding of north-west Europe in the early Middle Ages. We can for the first time begin to answer fundamental questions such as: what did houses look like and how were they furnished? how did villages and individual farmsteads develop? how and when did agrarian production become intensified and how did this affect village communities? what role did craft production and trade play in the rural economy?
In a period for which written sources are scarce, archaeology is of central importance in understanding the 'small worlds' of early medieval communities. Helena Hamerow's extensively illustrated and accessible study offers the first overview and synthesis of the large and rapidly growing body of evidence for early medieval settlements in north-west Europe, as well as a consideration of the implications of this evidence for Anglo-Saxon England.
SERIES DESCRIPTION
The volumes in this series bring together archaeological, visual, and historical methods to offer new approaches to aspects of medieval society, economy, and material culture. The series seeks to present and interpret archaeological evidence in ways readily accessible to historians, while providing a historical perspective and context for the material culture of the period.
The concept behind this book is excellent and the content sorely needed ... The importance of this book is that it has helped by filling a significant gap in a way that will be extremely useful to undergraduates, postgraduates and early medievalists. Sites are clearly described, well-referenced, and fully discussed within their social and territorial context.
Table of Contents:
Archaeological Approaches and Frameworks
Houses and Households: The Archaeology of Buildings
Settlement Structure and Social Space
Land and Power: Settlements in their Territorial Context
The Forces of Production: Crop and Animal Husbandry
Rural Centres, Trade, and Production
Bibliography
Index
