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.
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