Reynolds, A. J. (2003). Boundaries and settlements in later sixth to eleventh-century England. Boundaries in early medieval Britain. Vol 12, pp. 98-136.

Title:

Boundaries and settlements in later sixth to eleventh-century England

Issue:

Boundaries in early medieval Britain

Series:

Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History

Volume:

Page Start/End:

98 - 136

Biblio Note

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Publication Type:

Journal

Abstract:

reviews the character, chronology and context of the development of English rural settlement between the later-sixth and eleventh centuries with a particular emphasis on boundary features. Two principal settlement types, enclosed and rectilinear, are considered and tracked, and the essay concentrates on settlements rather than settlement patterns with lesser-known and more recent excavations brought to the fore. The increasing significance of boundary features from the later-sixth, but particularly the seventh and eighth centuries, is stressed and a basic categorisation of settlement forms is offered. The author argues that boundary features are a reflection of the nature of social order, and that these developments took place because of the growth and consolidation of the early English kingdoms whose increasing geographical extent required new forms of social organisation

Author:

Andrew J Reynolds

Year of Publication:

2003

ISBN:

0-947816-76-3

Subjects / Periods:

Boundary (Auto Detected Subject)
	SETTLEMENT (Monument Type England)
Rectilinear (Auto Detected Subject)
Settlement Types Enclosed (Auto Detected Subject)

Source:

BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))

Created Date:

01 Sep 2005