The Later Anglo-Saxon Settlement at Bishopstone

About the author

Gabor Thomas is a lecturer in Early Medieval Archaeology at the University of Reading. His research spans the archaeology of Early Medieval settlements and later Anglo-Saxon and Viking-age metalwork, for which he gained his doctorate at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. This report brings to conclusion his first large-scale research excavation and he is currently engaged in directing a successor project on the site of an Anglo-Saxon monastic settlement at Lyminge, Kent. He is a Fellow of the Society of the Antiquaries and currently sits on the committee of the Medieval Settlements Research Group.

Summary

Well known for the Early Anglo-Saxon settlement previously excavated on Rookery Hill and its impressive pre-Conquest church, Bishopstone has entered archaeological orthodoxy as a classic example of a 'Middle Saxon Shift'.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Gabor, Gabor Thomas
• Publisher: Council for British Archaeology
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2010
• EAN: 9781902771830
• ISBN: 978-1-902771-83-0
• No. of pages: 270
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 295 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 1108 g
• Illustrations: b/w illus
• Series: CBA Research Reports
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity