Origins of Open Field Agriculture

Originally published in 1981 The Origins of Open Field Agriculture looks at the challenges to traditional ideas on the origins of settlement and their associated economy and casts new light on understandings of village development.

Sommario

List of Figures and Plates Preface 1. Archaeology and the Origins of Open-field Agriculture 2. The Origins of Open-field Agriculture - The Archaeological Fieldwork Evidence 3. Open-field Agriculture - The Evidence from the Pre-Conquest Charters of the West-Midlands 4. Approaches to the Adoption of the Midland System 5. Commonfield Origins - The Regional Dimension 6. The Interpretation of Subdivided Fields: A Study in Private or Communal Interests? 7. Townfield Origins: The Case of Cockfield, Country Durham 8. The Evolution of Settlement and Open-field Topography in North Arden down to 1300 9. The Origin of Planned Field System in Holderness, Yorkshire 10. Early Customary Tenures in Wales and Open-field Agriculture Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index

Riassunto

Originally published in 1981 The Origins of Open Field Agriculture looks at the challenges to traditional ideas on the origins of settlement and their associated economy and casts new light on understandings of village development.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Trevor Rowley
• Con la collaborazione di: Trevor Rowley (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 10.07.2019
• EAN: 9780367180355
• ISBN: 978-0-367-18035-5
• Pagine: 258
• Serie: Routledge Library Editions: The Medieval World
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria, mondo antico; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; HISTORY / General, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Archaeology by period / region, Agricultural science, History and Archaeology