Early medieval Britain : the rebirth of towns in the post-Roman West /

The growth and development of towns and urbanism in the pre-modern world has been of interest to archaeologists since the nineteenth century. Much of the early archaeological research on urban origins focused on regions such as Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Mesoamerica. Intensive archaeological research t...

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Main Author: Crabtree, Pam J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Series:Case studies in early societies.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The end of urbanism in Roman Britain
  • Early Anglo-Saxon England : settlement, society, and culture
  • Middle Saxon settlement and the rise of the Emporia : the archaeology of the "Wics" and contemporary sites
  • Towns in late Anglo-Saxon England
  • Conclusions.