Eckweek, Peasedown-St-John, Somerset : survey and excavations at a shrunken medieval hamlet 1988-1990 / Andrew Young ; with contributions by Alexander Kidd [and sixteen others].
Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, [2020]Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781003016526; 1003016529; 9781000036756; 1000036758; 9781000036725; 1000036723; 9781000036695; 1000036693Subject(s): Excavations (Archaeology) -- England -- Somerset | Saxons -- England -- Peasedown Saint John | Eckweek Site (Peasedown Saint John, England) | Peasedown Saint John (England) -- Antiquities | SOCIAL SCIENCE / ArchaeologyDDC classification: 942.3/98 LOC classification: DA155Online resources: Taylor & Francis | OCLC metadata license agreement Summary: "This 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."-- Provided by publisher."This 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."-- Provided by publisher.
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.