The Oxford handbook of Anglo-Saxon archaeology / edited by Helena Hamerow, David A. Hinton, and Sally Crawford.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Oxford handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anglo-Saxons.

Great Britain--Antiquities.

Great Britain.

Antiquities.

Great Britain--History--Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.

History.

Physical Description:

xxv, 1078 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]

Summary:

Since the early 20th century the scholarly study of Anglo-Saxon texts has been augmented by systematic excavation and analysis of physical evidence - settlements, cemeteries, artefacts, environmental data, and standing buildings. This evidence has confirmed some readings of the Anglo-Saxon literary and documentary sources and challenged others. More recently, large-scale excavations both in towns and in the countryside, the application of computer methods to large bodies of data, new techniques for site identification such as remote sensing, and new dating methods have put archaeology at the forefront of Anglo-Saxon studies. "The handbook of Anglo-Saxon archaeology", written by a team of experts and presenting the results of the most up-to-date research, will both stimulate and support further investigation into those aspects of Anglo-Saxon life and culture which archaeology has fundamentally illuminated. It will prove an essential resourse for our understanding of a society poised at the interface between prehistory and history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780199212149

0199212147

OCLC:

549148119

Publisher Number:

99943582876