Medieval Ceramic Studies in England

Medieval Ceramic Studies in England
Author: Maureen Mellor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 98
Release: 1994
Genre: History
ISBN:

This review for English Heritage' assesses the health of medieval pottery studies in terms of available resources and academic strength and gives an overall assessment of the strengths and weakness of the subject across England. It includes a select bibliography of key reports for each region up to 1992.

Pottery and Social Life in Medieval England

Pottery and Social Life in Medieval England
Author: Ben Jervis
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2014-07-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1782976604

How can pottery studies contribute to the study of medieval archaeology? How do pots relate to documents, landscapes and identities? These are the questions addressed in this book which develops a new approach to the study of pottery in medieval archaeology. Utilising an interpretive framework which focuses upon the relationships between people, places and things, the effect of the production, consumption and discard of pottery is considered, to see pottery not as reflecting medieval life, but as one actor which contributed to the development of multiple experiences and realities in medieval England. By focussing on relationships we move away from viewing pottery simply as an object of study in its own right, to see it as a central component to developing understandings of medieval society. The case studies presented explore how we might use relational approaches to re-consider our approaches to medieval landscapes, overcome the methodological and theoretical divisions between documents and material culture and explore how the use of objects could have multiple implications for the formation and maintenance of identities. The use of this approach makes this book not only of interest to pottery specialists, but also to any archaeologist seeking to develop new interpretive approaches to medieval archaeology and the archaeological study of material culture.

Pottery and Social Life in Medieval England

Pottery and Social Life in Medieval England
Author: Ben Jervis
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2014-07-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1782976620

How can pottery studies contribute to the study of medieval archaeology? How do pots relate to documents, landscapes and identities? These are the questions addressed in this book which develops a new approach to the study of pottery in medieval archaeology. Utilising an interpretive framework which focuses upon the relationships between people, places and things, the effect of the production, consumption and discard of pottery is considered, to see pottery not as reflecting medieval life, but as one actor which contributed to the development of multiple experiences and realities in medieval England. By focussing on relationships we move away from viewing pottery simply as an object of study in its own right, to see it as a central component to developing understandings of medieval society. The case studies presented explore how we might use relational approaches to re-consider our approaches to medieval landscapes, overcome the methodological and theoretical divisions between documents and material culture and explore how the use of objects could have multiple implications for the formation and maintenance of identities. The use of this approach makes this book not only of interest to pottery specialists, but also to any archaeologist seeking to develop new interpretive approaches to medieval archaeology and the archaeological study of material culture.

Pottery and Social Dynamics in the Mediterranean and Beyond in Medieval and Post-medieval Times

Pottery and Social Dynamics in the Mediterranean and Beyond in Medieval and Post-medieval Times
Author: John L. Bintliff
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2013
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN:

The papers collected here were originally given at a symposium during the European Archaeology Conference at Lake Garda, Italy in 2009. They have been revised and updated for this volume. Medieval and Post-Medieval ceramic studies have now for some decades been in the forefront of the archaeology of those periods, showing not only fascinating interactions with historical sources, in which both disciplines contribute novel information for each other, but also constantly exhibiting original methods and theories for the wider benefit of ceramology and archaeology in general.