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Author : R. Angus Buchanan
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9781852855253
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (552 download)
Download or read book Brunel written by R. Angus Buchanan and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-06-19 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: >
Author : Julian Thomas
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134621434
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)
Download or read book Understanding the Neolithic written by Julian Thomas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-02-07 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book employs contemporary theoretical perspectives to investigate the Neolithic period in southern britain. It is a fully reworked edition of the author's Rethinking the Neolithic (1991).
Author : Alistair Marshall
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1789693640
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (896 download)
Download or read book The Development of an Iron Age and Roman Settlement Complex at The Park and Bowsings, near Guiting Power, Gloucestershire: Farmstead and Stronghold written by Alistair Marshall and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excavations near Guiting Power in the Cotswolds reveal evidence of occupation until the late 4th century AD: a relatively undefended middle Iron Age farmstead was abandoned, followed by a mid to later Iron Age ditched enclosure. This latter site perhaps became dilapidated, with a Romanised farmstead developing over the traditional habitation area.
Author : Christopher Dyer
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300101911
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Making a Living in the Middle Ages written by Christopher Dyer and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Christopher Dyer reviews our thinking about the economy of Britain in the Middle Ages. In analysing economic development and change, he allows us to reconstruct the daily lives and experiences of people in the past.
Author : Michael J. Allen
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1782973583
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (829 download)
Download or read book Land and People written by Michael J. Allen and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is derived, in concept, from a conference held in honour of John Evans by the School of History and Archaeology and The Prehistoric Society at Cardiff University in March 2006. It brings together papers that address themes and landscapes on a variety of levels. They cover geographical, methodological and thematic areas that were of interest to, and had been studied by, John Evans. The volume is divided into five sections, which echo themes of importance in British prehistory. They include papers on aspects of environmental archaeology, experiments and philosophy; new research on the nature of woodland on the chalklands of southern England; coasts and islands; people, process and social order, and snails and shells - a strong part of John Evans' career. This volume presents a range of papers examining people's interaction with the landscape in all its forms. The papers provide a diverse but cohesive picture of how archaeological landscapes are viewed within current research frameworks and approaches, while also paying tribute to the innovative and inspirational work of one of the leading protagonists of environmental archaeology and the holistic approach to landscape interpretation.
Author : Alistair Marshall
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1789693667
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (896 download)
Download or read book The Later Saxon and Early Norman Manorial Settlement at Guiting Power, Gloucestershire written by Alistair Marshall and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume outlines an investigation of the early manor at Guiting Power, a village in the Cotswolds with Saxon origins, lying in an area with interesting entries in the Domesday Survey of 1086.
Author : Ben Lowe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135195038X
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Commonwealth and the English Reformation written by Ben Lowe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whilst much recent research has dealt with the popular response to the religious change ushered in during the mid-Tudor period, this book focuses not just on the response to broad liturgical and doctrinal change, but also looks at how theological and reform messages could be utilized among local leaders and civic elites. It is this cohort that has often been neglected in previous efforts to ascertain the often elusive position of the common woman or man. Using the Vale of Gloucester as a case study, the book refocuses attention onto the concept of "commonwealth" and links it to a gradual, but long-standing dissatisfaction with local religious houses. It shows how monasteries, endowed initially out of the charitable impulses of elites, increasingly came to depend on lay stewards to remain viable. During the economic downturn of the mid-Tudor period, when urban and landed elites refocused their attention on restoring the commonwealth which they believed had broken down, they increasingly viewed the charity offered by religious houses as insufficient to meet the local needs. In such a climate the Protestant social gospel seemed to provide a valid alternative to which many people gravitated. Holding to scrutiny the revisionist revolution of the past twenty years, the book reopens debate and challenges conventional thinking about the ways the traditional church lost influence in the late middle ages, positing the idea that the problems with the religious houses were not just the creation of the reformers but had rather a long history. In so doing it offers a more complete picture of reform that goes beyond head-counting by looking at the political relationships and how they were affected by religious ideas to bring about change.
Author : Jean Chapelot
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520046696
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (466 download)
Download or read book The Village & House in the Middle Ages written by Jean Chapelot and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Colin Platt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
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Download or read book Excavations in Medieval Southampton, 1953-1969: The finds written by Colin Platt and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ian H. Goodall
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351192256
Total Pages : 887 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)
Download or read book Ironwork in Medieval Britain: An Archaeological Study: v. 31 written by Ian H. Goodall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-02 with total page 887 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This monograph is the definitive survey of iron tools and other fittings in use during the period c1066 to 1540AD. Exceptional in a north-western European context for its range and coverage of artefacts from both rural and urban excavations, much of the material described here was recovered during 'rescue' projects in the 1960s and 1970s funded by the State through the Ministry of Public Works and Buildings and their successors. The text contains almost everything necessary to identify, date and understand medieval iron objects. In scope and detail there is still no published parallel and, as such, it will be essential for almost any archaeologist working in later medieval archaeology, particularly in the fields of excavation, finds study, museums and research."
Author : Robin Jackson
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1782979972
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (829 download)
Download or read book Huntsman’s Quarry, Kemerton written by Robin Jackson and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeological investigations at Huntsman’s Quarry, Kemerton, south Worcestershire during 1995-6 recorded significant Late Bronze Age occupation areas and field systems spreading across more than 8 hectares. Limited evidence for Upper Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Beaker activity was also recovered together with an Early Bronze Age ring-ditch. Waterholes and associated round-houses, structures and pits were set within landscape of fields and droveways radiocarbon dated to the 12th–11th centuries cal BC. Elements of this field system probably predated the settlement. Substantial artifactual and ecofactual assemblages were recovered from the upper fills of the waterholes and larger pits . The settlement had a predominantly pastoral economy supported by some textile and bronze production. Ceramics included a notable proportion of non-local fabrics demonstrating that the local population enjoyed a wide range of regional contacts. Wider ranging, national exchange networks were also indicated by the presence of shale objects as well as the supply of bronze for metalworking, perhaps indicative of a site of some social status. Together the evidence indicates a small settlement within which occupation of individual areas was short-lived with the focus of the settlement shifting on a regular basis. It is proposed that this occurred on a generational basis, with each generation setting up a new ‘homestead’ with an associated waterhole. The settlement can be compared favorably to those known along the Thames Valley but until now not recognized in this part of the country. Cropmark evidence and limited other investigations indicate that the fields and droveways recorded represent a small fragment of a widespread system of boundaries established across the gravel terraces lying between Bredon Hill and the Carrant Brook. This managed and organized landscape appears to have been established for the maintenance of an economy primarily based on relatively intensive livestock farming; the trackways facilitating seasonal movement of stock between meadows alongside the Carrant Brook, the adjacent terraces and the higher land on Bredon Hill.
Author : Catherine Casson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000876772
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Property, Power and the Growth of Towns written by Catherine Casson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-05 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local enterprise, institutional quality and strategic location were of central importance in the growth of medieval towns. This book, comprising a study of 112 English towns, emphasises these key factors. Downstream locations on major rivers attracted international trade, and thereby stimulated the local processing of imports and exports, while the early establishment of richly endowed religious institutions funnelled agricultural rental income into a town, where it was spent on luxury goods produced by local craftsmen and artisans, and on expensive, long-running building schemes. Local entrepreneurs who recognised the economic potential of a town developed residential suburbs which attracted wealthy residents. Meanwhile town authorities invested in the building and maintenance of bridges, gates, walls and ditches, often with financial support from wealthy residents. Royal lordship was also an advantage to a town, as it gave the town authorities direct access to the king and bypassed local power-brokers such as bishops and earls. The legacy of medieval investment remains visible today in the streets of important towns. Drawing on rentals, deeds and surveys, this book also examines in detail the topography of seven key medieval towns: Bristol, Gloucester, Coventry, Cambridge, Birmingham, Shrewsbury and Hull. In each case, surviving records identify the location and value of urban properties, and their owners and tenants. Using statistical techniques, previously applied only to the early modern and modern periods, the book analyses the impact of location and type of property on property values. It shows that features of the modern property market, including spatial autocorrelation, were present in the middle ages. Property hot-spots of high rents are also identified; the most valuable properties were those situated between the market and other focal points such transport hubs and religious centres, convenient for both, but remote from noise and pollution. This book takes an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on expertise from the disciplines of economics and history. It will be of interest to historians and to social scientists looking for a long-run perspective on urban development.
Author : David L. Clarke
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317606175
Total Pages : 727 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)
Download or read book Models in Archaeology written by David L. Clarke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-24 with total page 727 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This major study reflects the increasing significance of careful model formation and testing in those academic subjects that are struggling from intuitive and aesthetic obscurantism toward a more disciplined and integrated approach to their fields of study. The twenty-six original contributions represent the carefully selected work of progressive archaeologists around the world, covering the use of models on archaeological material of all kinds and from all periods from Palaeolithic to Medieval. Their common theme is archaeological generalisation by means of explicit model building, testing, modification and reapplication. The contributors seek to show that it is the use of certain models in particular ways that defines archaeology as the practice of one discipline, with a set of general tenets that are as applicable in Peru as in Persia, Australia as Alaska, Sweden as Scotland, on material from the second millennium B.C. to the second millennium A.D. They assert that careful model formulation within archaeology and the cautious exchange and testing of models within and beyond the discipline provides the only route to the formation of the common, internationally valid body of theory which defines a vigorous and coherent discipline and distinguishes it from being a collection of merely regionally applicable special cases.
Author : Stephen Rippon
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1789256186
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)
Download or read book Roman and Medieval Exeter and their Hinterlands written by Stephen Rippon and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first volume, presenting research carried out through the Exeter: A Place in Time project, provides a synthesis of the development of Exeter within its local, regional, national and international hinterlands. Exeter began life in c. AD 55 as one of the most important legionary bases within early Roman Britain, and for two brief periods in the early and late 60s AD, Exeter was a critical centre of Roman power within the new province. When the legion moved to Wales the fortress was converted into the civitas capital for the Dumnonii. Its development as a town was, however, relatively slow, reflecting the gradual pace at which the region as a whole adapted to being part of the Roman world. The only evidence we have for occupation within Exeter between the 5th and 8th centuries is for a church in what was later to become the Cathedral Close. In the late 9th century, however, Exeter became a defended burh, and this was followed by the revival of urban life. Exeter’s wealth was in part derived from its central role in the south-west’s tin industry, and by the late 10th century Exeter was the fifth most productive mint in England. Exeter’s importance continued to grow as it became an episcopal and royal centre, and excavations within Exeter have revealed important material culture assemblages that reflect its role as an international port.
Author : Timothy Darvill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521551328
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (513 download)
Download or read book Prehistoric Britain from the Air written by Timothy Darvill and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-07-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a bird's eye look at the monumental achievements of Britain's earliest inhabitants. Arranged thematically, it illustrates and describes a wide selection of archaeological sites and landscapes dating from between 500,000 years ago and the Roman conquest. Timothy Darvill brings to life many of the familiar sites and monuments that prehistoric communities built, and exposes to view many thousands of sites that simply cannot be seen at ground level. Throughout the book, he makes a unique application of social archaeology to the field of aerial photography.
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Total Pages : 868 pages
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Download or read book Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society for ... written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marie B. Rowlands
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719005824
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (58 download)
Download or read book Masters and Men written by Marie B. Rowlands and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
