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Major sites such as Hamwic and Dorestad typically dominate any
discussion of early medieval trade and emporia - this study is
altogether atypical in many ways. Comprising nineteen papers taken
from a conference held at Worcester College, Oxford in 2000, the
focus here is very much on the smaller, more rural trading centres
and inland markets of Northern Europe. The contributors reflect
very different approaches to the material, including studies that
examine up-to-date historical, archaeological and numismatic
evidence from Britain, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden
dating from the 7th to 9th century. The authors consider the rather
controversial use of metal-detecting in identifying and defining
new sites and patterns of interaction and exchange, highlighting
its positive contribution. Contributors include Mark Blackburn,
David Griffiths, Lars Jorgensen, Michael Metcalf, Julian D
Richards, Peter Sawyer and Astrid Tummuscheit.
The ancient Celtic world evokes debate, discussion, romanticism and
mythicism. On the one hand it represents a specialist area of
archaeological interest, on the other, it has a wide general
appeal. The Celtic world is accessible through archaeology,
history, linguistics and art history. Of these disciplines, art
history offers the most direct message to a wider audience. This
volume of 37 papers brings together a truly international group of
pre-eminent specialists in the field of Celtic art and Celtic
studies. It is a benchmark volume the like of which has not been
seen since the publication of Paul Jacobsthal's Early Celtic Art in
1944. The papers chart the history of attempts to understand Celtic
art and argue for novel approaches in discussions spanning the
whole of Continental Europe and the British Isles. This new body of
international scholarship will give the reader a sense of the
richness of the material and current debates. Artefacts of rich
form and decoration, which we might call art, provide a most
sensitive set of indicators of key areas of past societies, their
power, politics and transformations. With its broad geographical
scope, this volume offers a timely opportunity to re-assess
contacts, context, transmission and meaning in Celtic art for
understanding the development of European cultures, identities and
economies in pre- and proto-history. Essays in honour of Vincent
Megaw on his 80th birthday.
Subtitled The archaeology of Middle Saxon Lincolnshire and
Hampshire compared', this study assesses and compares the
historical and archaeological record of these two counties from the
conversion of England in c. 650 to Alfred's reign in 870. One of
the author's principal aims is to quantify the involvement of the
church in the Middle Saxon economy during this time of fundamental
religious, political and social change by examining economic
centres, industries and trade. This study makes use of a large
collection of metal detector finds, largely neglected until now,
which have enabled Ulmschneider to identify new sites. Includes
gazetteers of sites in Lincolnshire and Hampshire.
The ancient Celtic world evokes debate, discussion, romanticism and
mythicism. On the one hand it represents a specialist area of
archaeological interest, on the other, it has a wide general
appeal. The Celtic world is accessible through archaeology,
history, linguistics and art history. Of these disciplines, art
history offers the most direct message to a wider audience. This
volume of 37 papers brings together a truly international group of
pre-eminent specialists in the field of Celtic art and Celtic
studies. It is a benchmark volume the like of which has not been
seen since the publication of Paul Jacobsthal's Early Celtic Art in
1944. The papers chart the history of attempts to understand Celtic
art and argue for novel approaches in discussions spanning the
whole of Continental Europe and the British Isles. This new body of
international scholarship will give the reader a sense of the
richness of the material and current debates. Artefacts of rich
form and decoration, which we might call art, provide a most
sensitive set of indicators of key areas of past societies, their
power, politics and transformations. With its broad geographical
scope, this volume offers a timely opportunity to re-assess
contacts, context, transmission and meaning in Celtic art for
understanding the development of European cultures, identities and
economies in pre- and proto-history. Essays in honour of Vincent
Megaw on his 80th birthday.
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