UID:
almahu_9949386114102882
Format:
1 online resource :
,
illustrations, maps.
ISBN:
9781003016526
,
1003016529
,
9781000036756
,
1000036758
,
9781000036725
,
1000036723
,
9781000036695
,
1000036693
Series Statement:
The society for medieval archaeology monographs ; 40
Content:
"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. At the centre of the narrative is a succession of well-preserved buildings spanning the late 10th to the 14th centuries A.D. forming the nucleus of a Domesday manor and its Late Saxon precursor. Detailed analysis of the structural sequence offers a new regional perspective on pre-Conquest earthfast timber architecture and its subsequent (12th-century) replacement by masonry traditions. Culminating in a richly preserved 14th-century farmhouse, including a very complete assemblage of structural and domestic objects, the structural archaeology provides an unusually refined picture of the internal organisation of later medieval domestic space within a rural farming setting. Detailed analytical attention is given to the abundant artefactual and environmental datasets recovered from the excavations (including prolific assemblages of medieval pottery and palaeonvironmental data) with a nuanced appraisal of their interpretative implications. Anyone with an interest in the dynamics and regional complexity of medieval rural communities will find this a stimulating and enlightening read."--
Additional Edition:
Print version: Young, Andrew, 1960- Eckweek, Peasedown-St-John, Somerset Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, [2020] ISBN 9780367860295
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003016526
