| Title: |
Some medieval archaeology
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| Issue: |
Scott Archaeol Rev 5 |
| Series: |
Scottish Archaeological Review
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| Volume: |
5
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| Page Start/End: |
95 - 133 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
The editor introduces (95-7) a small collection of papers by noting some dissatisfaction with the Society for Medieval Archaeology's proffered guidance to English Heritage (88/1980), which seems an inadequate reflection of the achievements and potential of medieval archaeology. These papers are meant to restore enthusiasm as well as open out the potential for interrelating different settlement types. John Oxley (97-103) in 'Medieval urban archaeology: design and reality' argues that unwelcome biases are introduced by different sources of funding: three separate statements of research aims in urban archaeology are compared, but will be no more than academic exercises without a restructuring of effort. Paul Courtney (103-10) in 'The Marcher town in medieval Gwent: a study in regional history' demonstrates the value of historical sources for understanding small towns by studying the impact of Marcher lordship on the development of Gwent's towns and using urban rankings to compare their economies. Moving north to Scotland, Donnie A MacKay (110-14) in 'The western Highlands and Islands: a cultural backwater?' discusses Clearance settlement archaeology of 17th to 19th centuries with special reference to Skye: although the study of belief systems, family bonding, and the like is not easy to relate to field survey and interpretation, such multidisciplinary work is vital to providing a context and therefore understanding the processes at work. Matthew H Johnson (114-20) looks at 'Late medieval houses in western Suffolk: new directions in the study of vernacular architecture'; he criticizes the theoretical conservatism seen in the discipline, and the absence of sampling strategies, and offers some new techniques and frameworks for analysis based on the house as encoding social relations. The editor's second paper (120-4) on 'Finds in medieval archaeology' calls for a fresh approach to the huge database of med finds: they need interrelating from different contexts (cf S Moorhouse at Sandal Castle). |
| Year of Publication: |
1988
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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| 17th To 19th Centuries (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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SETTLEMENT
(Monument Type England)
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| Source: |
BIAB
(British Archaeological Abstracts (BAA))
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| Created Date: |
05 Dec 2008 |
