Early and Middle Saxon Rural Settlement in the London Region

by Cowie, Robert; Blackmore, Lyn

• ISBN13: 9781901992779
• ISBN10: 1901992772
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-30
• Publisher: David Brown Book Co

Summary

Until now the evidence for London's Early and Middle Saxon rural settlement and economy has received scant attention. This monograph provides a long-awaited overview of the subject, drawing on the results of six decades of archaeological fieldwork since the war, in addition to historical and place-name evidence. Some of the material has been published before and will be familiar to the reader, but much of it has only been available as site archives or unpublished reports, and at best briefly summarised as notes in excavation round-ups. This synthesis therefore forms an indispensible guide to researchers. The first part focuses on twenty-six sites and six fish traps across the region, followed by thematic sections on a range of topics, and then a final section on the pottery finds.

Table of Contents

List of figures
List of tables
Introduction	p. 1
Early Saxon rural settlements	p. 11
Middle Saxon rural settlements	p. 90
Saxon exploitation of the River Thames	p. 115
Discussion and conclusions	p. 125
Specialist appendices	p. 168
French and German summaries	p. 218
Bibliography	p. 221
Index	p. 235
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