Pattern and Process in the Material Culture of Anglo-Saxon Non-elite Rural Settlements

By Hana Lewis

The research presented in this book advances scholarship on Anglo-Saxon non-elite rural settlements through the analysis of material culture. Forty-four non-elite sites and the high-status site of Staunch Meadow, occupied throughout the Anglo-Saxon period (c. 5th-11th centuries) and geographically representative of Anglo-Saxon settlement in England, were selected for study. Comparative analyses of the material culture assemblages and settlement data from these sites were evaluated from four main research perspectives: the archaeological contexts and distributional patterns of material culture at the sites; the range and character of material culture; patterns of material culture consumption; and material culture as evidence for the economic reach of rural settlements.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1407317016
• ISBN13: 9781407317014
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 11.7"