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  • Monastic Archaeology

    Edited by Graham Keevill, Mick Aston, Teresa Hall ...
    The study of monasteries has come a long way since late the late 19th century. The emphasis has shifted away from reconstructing the layouts of monastic buildings to a better understanding of the wider monastic environment. The papers in this volume, partly based on a conference held in Oxford in 1994, are written by some of today's foremost scholars and reflect the diversity of research now being ... Read more

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  • Interpreting the English Village

    Landscape and Community at Shapwick, Somerset

    by Mick Aston, Christopher Gerrard ...
    An original and approachable account of how archaeology can tell the story of the English village. Shapwick lies in the middle of Somerset, next to the important monastic centre of Glastonbury: the abbey owned the manor for 800 years from the 8th to the 16th century and its abbots and officials had a great influence on the lives of the peasants who lived there. It is possible that abbot Dunstan, ... Read more

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  • Monasteries in the Landscape

    by Mick Aston ...
    In the Middle Ages monasteries were among the greatest owners of land in Britain; today their influence on the landscape can be seen not only in the magnificent monastic ruins, but also in earthworks, patterns of landholding and even industrial remains. Mick Aston examines the place of monasteries in the landscape - how they affected and were affected by the countryside in which they were built. ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Shapwick Project, Somerset

    A Rural Landscape Explored

    by Christopher Gerrard, Mick Aston ...
    Series series The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monographs
    This book provides an introduction to the Shapwick Project's objectives, geographical background and previous work in the Somerset. It deals with excavations in the outlying parish and focuses on work in the village at Shapwick House. ... Read more

    $102.99 USD

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  • The History of the Countryside

    by Dr Oliver Rackham ...
    From its earliest origins to the present day, this award-winning, beautifully written book describes the endlessly changing character of Britain's countryside.'A classic' Richard MabeyExploring the natural and man-made features of the land - fields, highways, hedgerows, fens, marshes, rivers, heaths, coasts, woods and wood pastures - he shows conclusively and unforgettably how they have developed ... Read more

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  • The Handbook of British Archaeology

    by Victoria Leitch, Lesley Adkins, Roy Adkins ...
    For over 25 years The Handbook of British Archaeology has been the foremost guide to archaeological methods, artefacts and monuments, providing clear explanations of all specialist terms used by archaeologists.This completely revised and updated edition is packed with the latest information and now includes the most recent developments in archaeological science. Meticulously researched, every ... Read more

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  • The Archaeology of Churches

    by Professor Warwick Rodwell ...
    Churches are Britain’s most completely surviving class of historic monument. They are also usually the oldest buildings within their settlements. As such, these structures, from parish church to cathedral, from medieval to Georgian, are a huge architectural and archaeological resource. The last couple of decades have witnessed an unprecedented upsurge of public interest in the historic environment ... Read more

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  • Trees and Woodland in the South Yorkshire Landscape

    A Natural, Economic & Social History

    by Melvyn Jones ...
    If you stop and look around you will see trees everywhere: not only in woods and plantations, in parks and gardens and in hedges but also along streets, beside motorways, on old colliery sites, around reservoirs, in the centre of villages and larger urban settlements and standing alone or in small groups in such diverse places as churchyards, in the middle of fields or on high moorlands.This ... Read more

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  • Agriculture and Industry in South-Eastern Roman Britain

    Edited by David Bird ...
    The ancient counties surrounding the Weald in the SE corner of England have a strongly marked character of their own that has survived remarkably well in the face of ever-increasing population pressure. The area is, however, comparatively neglected in discussion of Roman Britain, where it is often subsumed into a generalised treatment of the ‘civilian’ part of Britannia that is based largely on ... Read more

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  • Dry Stone Walls

    History and Heritage

    by Professor Angus J.L. Winchester ...
    Dry stone walls create much of the character of upland landscapes across Britain. How do we go about dating dry stone walls? Why were they built and by whom? This book seeks answers to these questions and also suggests how walls themselves may be ‘read’ as historical evidence, shedding light on past farming practice and the history of local communities. The first part of the book traces the ... Read more

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  • Farming Transformed in Anglo-Saxon England

    Agriculture in the Long Eighth Century

    by Mark McKerracher ...
    Anglo-Saxon farming has traditionally been seen as the wellspring of English agriculture, setting the pattern for 1000 years to come – but it was more important than that. A rich harvest of archaeological data is now revealing the untold story of agricultural innovation, the beginnings of a revolution, in the age of Bede. Armed with a powerful new dataset, Farming Transformed explores fundamental ... Read more

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