Interpreting the English Village
Title | Interpreting the English Village PDF eBook |
Author | Mick Aston |
Publisher | Windgather Press |
Pages | 657 |
Release | 2013-02-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1909686069 |
An original and approachable account of how archaeology can tell the story of the English village. Shapwick lies in the middle of Somerset, next to the important monastic centre of Glastonbury: the abbey owned the manor for 800 years from the 8th to the 16th century and its abbots and officials had a great influence on the lives of the peasants who lived there. It is possible that abbot Dunstan, one of the great reformers of tenth century monasticism directed the planning of the village. The Shapwick Project examined the development and history of an English parish and village over a ten thousand-year period. This was a truly multi-disciplinary project. Not only were a battery of archaeological and historical techniques explored - such as field walking, test-pitting, archaeological excavation, aerial reconnaissance, documentary research and cartographic analysis - but numerous other techniques such as building analysis, dendrochronological dating and soil analysis were undertaken on a large scale. The result is a fascinating study about how the community lived and prospered in Shapwick. In addition we learn how a group of enthusiastic and dedicated scholars unravelled this story. As such there is much here to inspire and enthuse others who might want to embark on a landscape study of a parish or village area. Seven of the ten chapters begin with a fictional vignette to bring the story of the village to life. Text-boxes elucidate re-occurring themes and techniques. Extensively illustrated in colour including 100 full page images.
The English Village, the Origin and Decay of Its Community
Title | The English Village, the Origin and Decay of Its Community PDF eBook |
Author | Harold Peake |
Publisher | |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 1922 |
Genre | Land tenure |
ISBN |
The English Village
Title | The English Village PDF eBook |
Author | Harold Peake |
Publisher | Forgotten Books |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2017-12-22 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780484462150 |
Excerpt from The English Village: The Origin and Decay of Its Community; An Anthropological Interpretation The last portion of the book is an attempt to trace the final struggles of the dying community, and to inquire what hope there may be for a revival of the community spirit in a form more in consonance with modern conditions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The English Village
Title | The English Village PDF eBook |
Author | Harold Peake |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
ENGLISH VILLAGE THE ORIGIN & D
Title | ENGLISH VILLAGE THE ORIGIN & D PDF eBook |
Author | Harold 1867-1946 Peake |
Publisher | |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2016-08-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781362250906 |
The English Village
Title | The English Village PDF eBook |
Author | Harold John Edward Peake |
Publisher | |
Pages | 251 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Village communities |
ISBN |
Interpreting the Landscape
Title | Interpreting the Landscape PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Aston |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 172 |
Release | 2002-09-11 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 113474630X |
Most places in Britain have had a local history written about them. Up until this century these histories have addressed more parochial issues, such as the life of the manor, rather than explaining the features and changes in the landscape in a factual manner. Much of what is visible today in Britain's landscape is the result of a chain of social and natural processes, and can be interpreted through fieldwork as well as from old maps and documents. Michael Aston uses a wide range of source material to study the complex and dynamic history of the countryside, illustrating his points with aerial photographs, maps, plans and charts. He shows how to understand the surviving remains as well as offering his own explanations for how our landscape has evolved.