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PublisherTaylor & Francis Group
ISBN-100367860317
ISBN-139780367860318
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Number of Pages312 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameEckweek, Peasedown ST JOHN, Somerset : Survey and Excavations at a Shrunken Medieval Hamlet 1988-90
SubjectArchaeology, Europe / Great Britain / General
Publication Year2020
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
AuthorAndrew Young
SeriesThe Society for Medieval Archaeology Monographs
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Length11.8 in
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Table Of ContentList of Figures Acknowledgements Summaries (English/French/German/Spanish) Abbreviations 1 Introduction 1.1 Background to the project 1.2 Geology, topography and landuse 2 Documentary and Archaeological Background 2.1 Documentary, archaeological and landscape evidence (by Dr Nick Corcos, 2013) 2.2 The placename Eckweek (by Dr Michael Costen) 2.3 Eckweek in Domesday Book (by Dr Frank Thorn) 3 Surveys 3.1 Preliminary surveys 3.2 Geophysical survey (by Andrew Payne of Historic England, 1989, updated 2015) 4 Excavations 4.1 Excavation areas and methodologies 4.2 Summary of structural phasing 4.3 The excavated evidence 4.4 Watching brief 5 Artefacts and Environmental Evidence 5.1 Prehistoric ceramics - pottery, briquetage and a bronze-working crucible (by Dr Elaine Morris, 1992, updated 2015) 5.2 Romano-British pottery (by Dr Jane Timby, 2015) 5.3 The late Saxon, Saxo-Norman, medieval and post-medieval pottery (by Andrew Young and Alexander Kidd, 1990-1991, updated 2015) 5.3.1 The petrology of medieval pottery (by D F Williams PhD FSA - Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, 1991) 5.4 Coins (by Sarah Newns, 2015) 5.5 Iron and lead objects (by Ann Thompson, 1991) 5.6 Copper alloy objects (by Sarah Newns, 2015) 5.7 Flint (by Vince Russett, 1991) 5.8 Worked stone objects (by Alexander Kidd and Andrew Young, 1991) 5.8.1 The petrology of medieval whetstones of sandstone from Eckweek (by Professor Gilbert Kelling - Department of Geology, University of Keele, 1991) 5.9 Clay tobacco pipe (by Sarah Newns, 2014) 5.10 The composition of a group of later medieval copper alloy 'ingots' and other objects (by Nigel Blades, 1991) 5.11 Worked bone objects (by Sarah Newns, 2015) 5.12 The jet bead SF627 (by Sarah Newns, 2015) 5.13 Faunal remains (by Dr Simon Davis, 1992, updated 2015) 5.14 Charred plant remains (by Wendy Carruthers, 1995, updated 2015) 5.15 Molluscs (by Dr Matt Law, 2014) 6 Independent Dating 6.1 Radiocarbon dating (Queens University Belfast, 1991, reviewed and updated by Dr Peter Marshall, 2015) 6.2 Comment on the 1991 radiocarbon dates (by Andrew Young, 1991, revised 2015) 7 Reconstructing Late Saxon and Medieval Eckweek (2015) 7.1 The medieval buildings and structures 7.2 Artefacts: the character and distribution of Late Saxon and medieval finds 7.3 Artefactual evidence for settlement development - continuity and change 7.4 Artefacts and ecofacts - general conclusions 7.5 The agricultural and domestic economy 8 Synthesis 8.1 Prehistoric activity 8.2 Late Saxon and medieval settlement Bibliography Index
SynopsisThis 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.
LC Classification NumberDA155.Y68 2020
