A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk

A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk
Author: Stanley E. West
Publisher: East Anglian Archaeology
Total Pages: 398
Release: 1998
Genre: Design
ISBN:

The first comprehensive survey of Suffolk Anglo-Saxon material in eighty years, aimed at bringing together the material excavated and published in the early years of the century which has not appeared since, together with the great quantity of material being thrown up since the 1950s - by massive field survey and by metal detectorists for instance - in a consistent fashion, providing a 'one-stop' resource. Arranged by parish, every conceivable artefact is featured, from nails to architectural fragments.

The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England

The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England
Author: Catherine E. Karkov
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2013-10-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136527079

This volume offers comprehensive coverage of the archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England, bringing together essays on specifi fields, sites and objects, and offering the reader a representative range of both traditional and new methodologies and interdisciplinary approaches to the subject.

Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History 14

Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History 14
Author: Sarah Semple
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Total Pages: 626
Release: 2007-10-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 178297508X

Volume 14 of the Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History series is dedicated to the archaeology of early medieval death, burial and commemoration. Incorporating studies focusing upon Anglo-Saxon England as well as research encompassing western Britain, Continental Europe and Scandinavia, this volume originated as the proceedings of a two-day conference held at the University of Exeter in February 2004. It comprises of an Introduction that outlines the key debates and new approaches in early medieval mortuary archaeology followed by eighteen innovative research papers offering new interpretations of the material culture, monuments and landscape context of early medieval mortuary practices. Papers contribute to a variety of ongoing debates including the study of ethnicity, religion, ideology and social memory from burial evidence. The volume also contains two cemetery reports of early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries from Cambridgeshire.

A Corpus of Late Celtic Hanging-bowls with an Account of the Bowls Found in Scandinavia

A Corpus of Late Celtic Hanging-bowls with an Account of the Bowls Found in Scandinavia
Author: Rupert Leo Scott Bruce-Mitford
Publisher:
Total Pages: 570
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780198134107

Celtic hanging-bowls were produced from the fifth to the eleventh century and range from simple functional vessels to great masterpieces of the period. The first part of the publication sets the bowls in their historical and cultural background and discusses all key aspects of hanging-bowlresearch, including the much-disputed topics of origin, use, and chronology. The second part is a comprehensive and highly detailed catalogue, dealing with the whole series from Britain and Europe. The publication is lavishly illustrated with over a thousand black and white illustrations and eightcolour plates. This long-awaited book by the leading authority on the subject will become the definitive work on this distinctive class of Celtic artefact.

The Long Twelfth-Century View of the Anglo-Saxon Past

The Long Twelfth-Century View of the Anglo-Saxon Past
Author: Martin Brett
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2016-03-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317025148

Scholars have long been interested in the extent to which the Anglo-Saxon past can be understood using material written, and produced, in the twelfth century; and simultaneously in the continued importance (or otherwise) of the Anglo-Saxon past in the generations following the Norman Conquest of England. In order to better understand these issues, this volume provides a series of essays that moves scholarship forward in two significant ways. Firstly, it scrutinises how the Anglo-Saxon past continued to be reused and recycled throughout the longue durée of the twelfth century, as opposed to the early decades that are usually covered. Secondly, by bringing together scholars who are experts in various different scholarly disciplines, the volume deals with a much broader range of historical, linguistic, legal, artistic, palaeographical and cultic evidence than has hitherto been the case. Divided into four main parts: The Anglo-Saxon Saints; Anglo-Saxon England in the Narrative of Britain; Anglo-Saxon Law and Charter; and Art-history and the French Vernacular, it scrutinises the majority of different genres of source material that are vital in any study of early medieval British history. In so doing the resultant volume will become a standard reference point for students and scholars alike interested in the ways in which the Anglo-Saxon past continued to be of importance and interest throughout the twelfth century.

Anglo-Saxon England: Volume 29

Anglo-Saxon England: Volume 29
Author: Michael Lapidge
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2001-02-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521790710

The editorial policy of Anglo-Saxon England has been to encourage an interdisciplinary approach to the study of all aspects of Anglo-Saxon culture. This approach is pursued in exemplary fashion by many of the essays in this volume. Fresh light is thrown on the dating and form of Cynewulf's poem The Fates of the Apostles through a comprehensive study of the historical martyrologies of the Carolingian period on which Cynewulf is presumed to have drawn. The literary form of Ælfric's Preface to his translation of Genesis is illustrated through a wide-ranging study of the rhetorical genre of preface-writing in the early Middle Ages (the genre which subsequently was known as the ars dictaminis), and the problems which Ælfric faced and solved in composing a Life of St Æthelthryth are illustrated through detailed comparison of the sources which he utilized. The usual comprehensive bibliography of the previous year's publications in all branches of Anglo-Saxon studies rounds off the book.

Pattern and Process in the Material Culture of Anglo-Saxon Non-elite Rural Settlements

Pattern and Process in the Material Culture of Anglo-Saxon Non-elite Rural Settlements
Author: Hana Lewis
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2019
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781407317014

UCL Institute of Archaeology PhD Series, Volume 1 The research presented in this book advances scholarship on Anglo-Saxon non-elite rural settlements through the analysis of material culture. Forty-four non-elite sites and the high-status site of Staunch Meadow, occupied throughout the Anglo-Saxon period (c. 5th-11th centuries) and geographically representative of Anglo-Saxon settlement in England, were selected for study. Comparative analyses of the material culture assemblages and settlement data from these sites were evaluated from four main research perspectives: the archaeological contexts and distributional patterns of material culture at the sites; the range and character of material culture; patterns of material culture consumption; and material culture as evidence for the economic reach of rural settlements.

The Olsztyn Group in the Early Medieval Archaeology of the Baltic Region

The Olsztyn Group in the Early Medieval Archaeology of the Baltic Region
Author: Mirosław Rudnicki
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2018-11-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004381724

The The Olsztyn Group in the Early Medieval Archaeology of the Baltic Region: The Cemetry at Leleszki deals with a much neglected problem of the archaeology of the early Middle Ages. Between the 5th and the 7th century, the region of the Mazurian Lakes in northeastern Poland witnessed the rise of communities engaged in long-distant contacts with both Western and Eastern Europe. Known as the Olsztyn Group, the archaeological remains of those communities have revealed a remarkable wealth and diversity, which has attracted scholarly attention for more than 130 years. Besides offering a survey of the current state of research on the Olsztyn Group, Mirosław Rudnicki introduces the monographic study of the Leleszki cemetery (district of Szczytno, Poland) as one of the most representative sites. The prosperity and long-distance contact revealed by the examination of this cemetery shows that the West Baltic tribes had considerable influence in early medieval Europe, much more than scholars had been ready to admit until now.

Children and Material Culture

Children and Material Culture
Author: Joanna Sofaer Derevenski
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2005-07-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1134659016

This is the first book to focus entirely on children and material culture. The contributors ask: * what is the relationship between children and the material world? * how does the material culture of children vary across time and space? * how can we access the actions and identities of children in the material record? The collection spans the Palaeolithic to the late twentieth century, and uses data from across Europe, Scandinavia, the Americas and Asia. The international contributors are from a wide range of disciplines including archaeology, cultural and biological anthropology, psychology and museum studies. All skilfully integrate theory and data to illustrate fully the significance and potential of studying children.

Sutton Hoo

Sutton Hoo
Author: M. O. H. Carver
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780812234558

Examines what the Sutton Hoo ship-burial site reveals about early England, describes the site's treasures and mysteries, and recounts the events surrounding its discovery.