Eckweek, Peasedown St John, Somerset - Survey and Excavations At a Shrunken Medieval Hamlet 198890

List of contents

1 Introduction; 2 Documentary and Archaeological Background; 3 Surveys; 4 Excavations; 5 Artefacts and Environmental Evidence; 6 Independent Dating; 7 Reconstructing Late Saxon and Medieval Eckweek; 8 Synthesis

About the author

Andrew Young was born in Gloucestershire, is a graduate of the University of Bristol and a former student of the late Mick Aston. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists and has worked as a commercial archaeologist since 1987 and as Principal Archaeologist with Avon Archaeological Unit in Bristol, which he founded in 1991. He and his wife Donna live in Highland Scotland but he remains a Director of Avon Archaeology and also works part-time as Senior Archaeologist with Highland Archaeology Services.

Summary

This volume presents the results of archaeological survey and excavation at Eckweek, Somerset, which yielded one of the most important medieval rural settlement sequences yet excavated from south-west England.

Product details

• Authors: Young Andrew, Nigel Blades, Wendy Carruthers, Nick Corcos, Michael Costen, Simon Davis, Gilbert Kelling, Alexander Kidd, Matthew Law, Peter Marshall, Elaine Morris, Sarah Newns, Andrew Payne, Vince Russett, Society for Medieval Archaeology, Society for Medieval Archaeology, Ann Thompson, Frank Thorn, Jane Timby, D F Williams, Andrew Young
• Assisted by: Society for Medieval Archaeology (Editor), The Society for Medieval Archaeology (Editor), The Society for Medieval Archaeology (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9780367860318
• ISBN: 978-0-367-86031-8
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monographs
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / General, RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Somerset, Bristol, Archaeology by period / region