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Zusatztext This is still the only place where one can find the whole range of current scholarly debates grouped into one volume. Whether one wishes to use it as introductory reading or as an up-to-date bibliographical resource, anyone taking the study of the Anglo-Saxon period seriously ought to place a copy on their shelf. Helena Hamerow is Professor of Early Medieval Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford. David A. Hinton is Emeritus Professor, University of Southampton Sally Crawford is Lecturer in Medieval Archaeology, Birmingham University Klappentext Written by a team of experts and presenting the results of the most up-to-date research! The Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology will both stimulate and support further investigation into a society poised at the interface between prehistory and history. Zusammenfassung Written by a team of experts and presenting the results of the most up-to-date research, The Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology will both stimulate and support further investigation into a society poised at the interface between prehistory and history. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. Anglo-Saxon Identity: Ethnicity! Culture! and Genes; 1: C. Hills: Overview: Anglo-Saxon Identity; 2: S. Esmonde Cleary: The Ending(s) of Roman Britain; 3: B. Brugmann: Migration and Endogenous Change; 4: J. D. Richards: Anglo-Scandinavian Identity; 5: D. Griffiths: The Ending of Anglo-Saxon England: Identity! Allegiance! and Nationality; 6: R. Hedges: Anglo-Saxon Migration and the Molecular Evidence; 7: G. R. Owen-Crocker: Dress and Identity; II. Rural Settlement; 8: H. Hamerow: Overview: Rural Settlement; 9: H. Hamerow: Timber Buildings and their Social Context; 10: K. Ulmschneider: Settlement Hierarchy; 11: R. Morris: Local Churches in the Anglo-Saxon Countryside; 12: M. Gardiner: Late Saxon Settlements; III. Mortuary Ritual; 13: T. M. Dickinson: Overview: Mortuary Ritual; 14: H. Williams: Mortuary Practices in Early Anglo-Saxon England; 15: M. Welch: The Mid Saxon 'Final Phase'; 16: D. Hadley: Late Saxon Burial Practice; IV. Food Production; 17: D. Hooke: Overview: Rural Production; 18: N. Sykes: Woods and the Wild; 19: L. Moffett: Food Plants on Archaeological Sites: The Nature of the Archaeobotanical Record; 20: T. O'Connor: Animal Husbandry; 21: S. Oosthuizen: Anglo-Saxon Fields; V. Craft Production and Technology; 22: G. Thomas: Overview: Sources and Limitations of Evidence; 23: D. Hinton: Raw Materials: Sources and Demand; 24: K. Leahy: Anglo-Saxon Crafts; 25: L. Webster: Style: Influences! Chronology! and Meaning; VI. Trade! Exchange! and Urbanization; 26: G. Astill: Overview: Trade! Exchange and Urbanization; 27: M. Henig: The Fate of Late Roman Towns; 28: C. Loveluck & L. Laing: Britons and Anglo-Saxons; 29: T. Pestell: Markets! Emporia! Wics! and 'Productive' Sites: Pre-Viking Trade Centres in Anglo-Saxon England; 30: M. Blackburn: Coinage in its Archaeological Context; 31: R. A. Hall: Burhs and Boroughs: Defended Places! Trade! and Towns. Plans! Defences! Civic Features; VII. The Body and Life Course; 32: S. Crawford: Overview: The Body and Life Course; 33: N. Stoodley: Childhood to Old Age; 34: T. O'Connell & B. Hull: Diet: Recent Evidence from Analytical Chemical Techniques; 35: S. Lucy: Gender and Gender Roles; 36: C. Lee: Disease; VIII. The Archaeology of Religion; 37: J. Blair: Overview: The Archaeology of Religion; 38: S. Semple: Sacred Spaces and Places in Pre-Christian and Conversion Period Anglo-Saxon England; 39: A. Pluskowski: The Archaeology of Paganism; 40: E. Coatsworth: The Material Culture of the Church; 41: R. Gameson: The Archaeology of the Anglo-Saxon Book; 42: H. Gittos: Christian Sacred Spaces and Places; IX. Signals of Power; 43: M. O. H. Carver: Overview: Signals of Power; 44: C. Scull: Social Transactions! Gift Exchange! and Power in the Archaeology of the Fifth to Seventh Centuries; 45: M. Gaimster: Image and Po...
