Excavation of a pre-conquest cemetery at Addingham, West Yorkshire

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Medieval Archaeology 40

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Medieval Archaeology

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151 - 191

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https://doi.org/10.5284/1071851

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Abstract:

Excavations at Addingham in Wharfedale uncovered part of a cemetery which, on the evidence of radiocarbon analysis, can be dated to the 8th to 10th centuries AD. At that period Addingham was an estate of the archbishop of York. A total of 55 graves were investigated, yielding the remains of perhaps 80 individuals. Of these about 40 were undisturbed primary interments; the rest had been reburied in whole or part, leaving some graves empty and others containing several individuals, later features included a ditch and a drying kiln which belonged to a post-Conquest manorial complex. Further details on the layout and components of the settlement have been gleaned from earthwork survey, geophysical prospection and documentary research, as well as from earlier excavations which until now remained unpublished. K Mason considers the documentary evidence (153--5) and S Wrathmell describes the 1971--75 excavations (155--7) and discusses the development of the settlement on the gravel ridge (184--8). Animal bone is analysed by D Berg (157--8) whilst A MacGreggor describes an animal bone plate (158--60). Other artefact studies include pottery by C G Cumberpatch (171). The human bone is studied by A Boylston & C Roberts (173--80), the seeds by M E Bastow (180) and the animal bone by K Keith (180).

Author:

Max Adams

Year of Publication:

1996

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Animal Bone (Auto Detected Subject)
Human Bone (Auto Detected Subject)
Radiocarbon Analysis (Auto Detected Subject)
Seeds (Auto Detected Subject)
Earthwork Survey Geophysical (Auto Detected Subject)
	SHERD (Object England)
8th To 10th Centuries Ad (Auto Detected Temporal)
	DITCH (Monument Type England)
1557 (Auto Detected Temporal)
	SETTLEMENT (Monument Type England)
Gravel Ridge (Auto Detected Subject)
	CEMETERY (Monument Type England)
Drying Kiln (Auto Detected Subject)
Animal Bone Plate (Auto Detected Subject)
	GRAVE (Monument Type England)

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20 Jan 2002

Adams, M. (1996). Excavation of a pre-conquest cemetery at Addingham, West Yorkshire. Medieval Archaeology 40. Vol 40, pp. 151-191. https://doi.org/10.5284/1071851. Cite this via datacite

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