Review from previous edition this book should provide a most helpful resource for students and reference book for a wide range of specialists with interests in the economic and social history of Early-medieval Europe ... the series is off to a fine start with this volume.
The Medieval Review
The excavation of settlements has in recent years transformed our understanding of north-west Europe in the early Middle Ages. We can for the first time begin to answer fundamental questions such as: what did houses look like and how were they furnished? how did villages and individual farmsteads develop? how and when did agrarian production become intensified and how did this affect village communities? what role did craft production and trade play in the rural economy?
In a period for which written sources are scarce, archaeology is of central importance in understanding the 'small worlds' of early medieval communities. Helena Hamerow's extensively illustrated and accessible study offers the first overview and synthesis of the large and rapidly growing body of evidence for early medieval settlements in north-west Europe, as well as a consideration of the implications of this evidence for Anglo-Saxon England.
SERIES DESCRIPTION
The aim of the series is to reflect the creative dialogue that is developing between the disciplines of medieval history and archaeology. It will integrate archaeological and historical approaches to aspects of medieval society, economy, and culture. A range of archaeological evidence will be presented and interpreted in ways accessible to historians, while providing a historical perspective and context for those studying the material culture of the period.
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The excavation of settlements has transformed the understanding of life in north-west Europe during the early Middle Ages. This work offers an overview and synthesis of the body of archaeological evidence for early medieval buildings, settlements, farming, craft production, and trade among the rural communities of this region.
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1. Archaeological Approaches and Frameworks ; 2. Houses and Households: The Archaeology of Buildings ; 3. Settlement Structure and Social Space ; 4. Land and Power: Settlements in their Territorial Context ; 5. The Forces of Production: Crop and Animal Husbandry ; 6. Rural Centres, Trade, and Production ; Bibliography ; Index
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`Review from previous edition this book should provide a most helpful resource for students and reference book for a wide range of specialists with interests in the economic and social history of Early-medieval Europe ... the series is off to a fine start with this volume.'
The Medieval Review
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Integrates historical perspectives and archaeological evidence
Covers a wide geographic area and long time-span
Examines different types of rural settlement, trade and craft centres as well as farming
Integrates historical perspectives and archaeological evidence
Covers a wide geographic area and long time-span
Examines different types of rural settlement, trade and craft centres as well as farming
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780199273188
Publisert
2004
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
402 gr
Høyde
245 mm
Bredde
172 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
238
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