Medieval & Viking
The Pottery from Medieval Novgorod and its Region Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 234
ISBN: 9781842172681
Pub Date: 10 Aug 2006
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w illus and CD with supporting data
Description:
Novgorod was a major medieval city and an important centre for trade routes between northern, central and western Europe and the Near East, and has been the subject of intensive investigation since the 1930s. This volume in a series devoted to the archaeology of medieval Novgorod, presents eleven studies of ceramic evidence in terms of chronology and technology, methodology of investigation, and international trade and contacts. The essays also reflect different approaches to studying ceramics by western and Russian scholars.
Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History 13 Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
ISBN: 9780947816223
Pub Date: 25 May 2006
Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History
Illustrations: b/w illus
Description:
Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History is an annual series concerned with the archaeology and history of England and its neighbours during the Anglo-Saxon period. Volume 13 can be said to be truly interdisciplinary, carrying papers from diverse areas such as place-name studies, art history, historiography and archaeology. A strong theme in this issue is the early Anglo-Saxon period, with a range of papers touching on aspects of migration.
RRP: £45.00
The Medieval Postern Gate by the Tower of London Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 74
ISBN: 9781901992601
Pub Date: 25 May 2006
Series: MoLAS Monograph
Illustrations: 47 b/w illus, 29 tabs
Description:
This long-awaited publication elucidates a remarkable monument, now preserved in situ beside the Tower of London. Excavations at Tower Hill in 1979 uncovered substantial reamins of the medieval postern gate at the junction of the City's defensive wall and the moat of the Tower of London. The postern gate was constructed between 1297 and 1308, towards the close of the reign of Edward I.
RRP: £7.95
The Mote of Mark Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 190
ISBN: 9781842172179
Pub Date: 12 May 2006
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Series: Oxbow Monographs
Illustrations: 8p of col pls, many b/w figs
Description:
The Mote of Mark is a low boss of granite rising from forty-five metres above the eastern shore of Rough Firth, where the Urr Water enters the Solway, between the villages of Kippford and Rockcliffe. The summit comprises a central hollow between two raised areas of rock and was formerly defended by a stone and timber rampart enclosing one third of an acre. The Mote of Mark appears to have first attracted the attention of antiquaries in the late eighteenth century, and first assumed national importance with Alexander Curle's major work in 1913.
Royal palace, abbey and town of Westminster on Thorney Island Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781901992502
Pub Date: 29 Mar 2006
Series: MoLAS Monograph
Illustrations: 144 mainly col illus, 56 tabs
Description:
The Palace and Abbey of Westminster provide one of the most familiar images in the world. From its beginnings on an island surrounded by the Rivers Thames and Tyburn more than 7000 years ago, the site became the most important centre of English history from the 11th century onwards. The palace, which started as one of many royal residences, became the principal home of the English monarchs until it was damaged by fire during the reign of Henry VIII.
RRP: £29.95
Saxon, Medieval and Post-Medieval Settlement at Sol Central, Marefair, Northampton Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 81
ISBN: 9781901992571
Pub Date: 24 Jan 2006
Series: MoLAS Monograph
Illustrations: 76 b/w illus, 31 tabs, CD
Description:
Excavation work by Northamptonshire Archaeology and MoLAS revealed residual prehistoric and Roman artefacts and Middle Saxon settlement evidence in the form of a single sunken-floored building. Activity intensified in the Late Saxon to Norman period, when metalworking, crop processing and bone working took place at the site. The establishment of buildings suggests the main Saxon settlement around St Peter's Church spread northeastwards towards the limits of the town.
RRP: £11.95
EAA 110: The Saxon and Medieval Settlement at West Fen Road, Ely Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 186
ISBN: 9780954482411
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2005
Series: East Anglian Archaeology Monograph
Illustrations: b/w figs, illus, pls
Description:
Excavations by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit in 1999 and 2000 on a housing development site off West Fen Road, to the west of Ely city centre, produced abundant evidence for Mid and Late Saxon and medieval settlement. Established in the early 8th century the site saw continuous occupation, often within the same ditched property boundaries, for almost 800 years, until its eventual desertion in the 15th century. A detailed reconstruction of the settlement history of the site indicates a very stable, but gradually evolving settlement which probably provided food and other services, originally to the monastic settlement, then to the abbey and subsequently to the bishops.
EAA 112: Dragon Hall, King Street, Norwich Cover
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780951787816
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2005
Series: East Anglian Archaeology Monograph
Illustrations: p, 25pls, 95figs;
Description:
When a wealthy merchant built Dragon Hall in 1427 there had already been stone buildings on the site for 140 years, while the origins of settlement here lay in the period c. 9751025. Some of the buildings used by these first settlers were uncovered during the recent work at Dragon Hall, along with evidence for a small riverside community within an extra-mural Late Saxon suburb.
Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, City of London Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 285
ISBN: 9781901992458
Pub Date: 20 Jul 2005
Series: MoLAS Monograph
Illustrations: 214 b/w and col illus
Description:
This is an archaeological, architectural and historical study of one of the largest complexes of buildings in the medieval City of London, but one which is largely unknown and of which only two fragments survive above ground today. It is the fifth volume in a series on the monasteries of London. Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, was the first religious house to be established inside the walls of London after the Norman Conquest, in 11078; one of the earliest Augustinian houses to be established in England; and the first to be dissolved, in 1532.
RRP: £32.95
A Norse Farmstead in the Outer Hebrides Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781842171691
Pub Date: 30 Apr 2005
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Description:
This volume examines South Uist, a small island in the soutern half of the Outer Hebrides. In the middle of the island lies the township of Bornais. This covers a particularly flat area of land which means that the three mounds can be seen all the more clearly.
Alban's Buried Towns Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 414
ISBN: 9781842171493
Pub Date: 19 Apr 2005
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Series: Urban Archaeological Assessment
Illustrations: 6 plans, 12 tables, 156 figs
Description:
St Albans has a long tradition of archaeological investigation dating back to the 18th century. What has been lacking however, is a detailed synthesis and interpretation of the accumulated information. This book is intended to meet that need, and comes out of a project set up by English Heritage in 1992 designed to promote 'intensive' urban archaeological strategy.
Barentin's Manor Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 198
ISBN: 9780947816629
Pub Date: 13 Apr 2005
Series: Thames Valley Landscapes Monograph
Illustrations: many b/w illus, some col illus
Description:
Archaeological investigations at Harding's Field, Chalgrove, revealed the remains of one of the most complete examples of a moated medieval manor yet excavated in England. Evidence of a pre-moat occupation dating from the first half of the 13th century, which may not have been seigneurial, was succeeded in the mid 13th century by the construction of the moated manor house. The documentary evidence indicates that this house belonged to the Barentins, a prominent Oxfordshire family.
RRP: £19.95
EAA 108: Excavations at Mill Lane, Thetford, 1995 Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 131
ISBN: 9780905594415
Pub Date: 31 Dec 2004
Series: East Anglian Archaeology Monograph
Illustrations: 52 b/w figs, 36 tbsm 24 charts, 5 b/w pls
Description:
In 1995 a large-scale excavation was undertaken to the south of the Little Ouse in Thetford, in an area which had once been part of the Late Saxon settlement. Analysis of deposits from the river valley has given important new insights into local environmental conditions from the Bronze Age through to the Late Saxon period. The excavation results have added significantly to our understanding of Late Saxon Thetford, and confirmed that there was no earlier settlement in this part of the town.
RRP: £13.00
Cistercian Abbey of St Mary Stratford Langthorne, Essex Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 198
ISBN: 9781901992380
Pub Date: 12 Dec 2004
Series: MoLAS Monograph
Illustrations: b/w and col illus
Description:
The Cistercian monastery of St Mary Stratford Langthorne once stood on land south of the new Jubilee Line station at Stratford. Excavations 1973-94 recorded large parts of the monastic church, cemetery and related buildings. Topics include the precinct arrangement, architecture and decoration, and the way of life of the inhabitants.
RRP: £18.95
Life and Death in London's East End Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 100
ISBN: 9781901992496
Pub Date: 12 Dec 2004
Illustrations: col pls
Description:
In 1991 Spitalfields Market in London's East End was relocated, paving the way for one of the largest and most complex excavations ever launched in London, taking place on a site measuring almost thirteen acres. This superb book tells the story of the excavation and the 2000-year history of the area from the Roman period to the present day. Details on the finds recovered, and the methods and recording systems used, are interspersed with a narrative history of the site.
Lemmatized Index to the Icelandic Homily Book Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 204
ISBN: 9789979819875
Pub Date: 01 Dec 2004
Imprint: University of Iceland Press