Discovering Anglo-Saxon England covers the period from about 400 to 700, from the departure of Roman troops to the triumph of Christianity and the "Age of Bede." It was during this period that waves of migrants--Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and other peoples from northern Germany and southern Scandinavia--created England (the "land of the Angles") from the vestiges of late Roman Britain. This period is often considered a "dark age" because of the dearth of written records. Accounts from later centuries (such as Beowulf and the writings of the Venerable Bede) provide some insight, but archaeology is the source of most of our knowledge. Excavations, such as those of dwellings at West Stow and the Yeavering "palace," offer us a window into what Martin Welch calls Anglo-Saxon "communities in life." Likewise, the cemeteries of farmstead settlements and the magnificent "royal" ship burial at Sutton Hoo present the equivalent "communities in death." Written in an accessible style, Discovering Anglo-Saxon England includes one hundred maps, plans, reconstructions, and photographs, making it an excellent introduction to the archaeology of early England. An appendix of places to visit makes it ideally suited to those planning an excursion of their own.

Traces the development of towns in Britain from late Roman times to the end of the Anglo-Saxon period using archaeological data.

Anglo-Saxon England (1979) takes the history and archaeology of Britain from the fifth century AD through to 1066, covering perhaps the most enigmatic period in British history, when post-Roman, native British and Continental influences amalgamated, in a manner often difficult to unravel. Drawing upon archaeology, history, literature, place-names and the results of the latest scientific methods, the authors show how the Anglo-Saxons built up a flourishing civilization, the foundation of English life, and have bequeathed their legacy to the English-speaking people of the New World.

Grossbritannien/Irland - Siedlung - Holzarchitektur.

A major re-examination of an important period in British history

`The Sutton Hoo `princely' burials play a pivotal role in any modern discussion of Germanic kingship.'EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE The age of Sutton Hoo runs from the fifth to the eighth century AD - a dark and difficult age, where hard evidenceis rare, but glittering and richly varied. Myths, king-lists, place-names, sagas, palaces, belt-buckles, middens and graves are all grist to the archaeologist's mill. This book celebrates the anniversary of the discovery of that most famous burial at Sutton Hoo. Fifty years ago this great treasure, now in the British Museum, was unearthed from the centre of a ninety-foot-long ship buried on remote Suffolk heathland. Included in this volume are 23 wide-ranging essays on the Age of Sutton Hoo and director Martin Carver's summary of the latest excavations, which represent the current state of knowledge about this extraordinary site. That it still has secrets to reveal is shown by the last-minute discovery of a striking burial of a young noble with his horse and grave goods.M.O.H. CARVER is Professor of Archaeology at York University, and Director of the Sutton Hoo Research Project.