Research Catalog

Title

Raunds : the origin and growth of a midland village, AD 450-1500 : excavations in north Raunds, Northamptonshire 1977-87 / Michel Audouy and Andy Chapman (editor [i.e. editors]) ; with major contributions by Paul Blinkhorn ... [et al.] ; contributions by Max Adams ... [et al.] ; illustrated by Leslie Collet and Alex Thompson ; and including work by Paul Goff ... [et al.].

Publication

Oxford, UK : Oxbow Books ; Oakville, CT : David Brown Book Co. [distributor], c2009.

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Additional Authors

• Audouy, Michel
• Chapman, Andy, 1951-
• Blinkhorn, Paul.
• Raunds Area Project (England)

Description

xiii, 148 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill., maps, plans (some col.); 31 cm. +

Summary

"The excavations in north Raunds form part of the Raunds Area Project - a major programme of archaeological research into landscape development in Northamptonshire and the wider midland region of England. The project included extensive open area excavations of early prehistoric ritual and burial monuments beside the River Nene, Iron Age and Roman settlement at Stanwick, and Saxon and medieval settlement in north Raunds and West Cotton, as well as complementary landscape, historical and biological studies. A series of monographs are planned to cover each aspect of the study." "The present volume presents the results of open area excavation in north Raunds, particularly the evolution of Furnells Manor. These excavations have examined the processes of village development from the early Saxon period through to the desertion of the outlying manorial centres at the end of the medieval period. Most significantly, the work has defined the formation of the village in a system of regular plots created by the mid-tenth century, probably following the English reconquest and the creation of the Danelaw, as part of a widespread reorganisation and nucleation of settlement."--Jacket.

Subject

• Excavations (Archaeology) > Raunds
• Raunds (England) > History > To 1500

Genre/Form

• CD-ROMs.
• History

Note

• "Raunds Area Project."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-144) and index.

System Details (note)

• System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Microsoft Windows 95 or later or Mac OS 9.5 or later; Adobe Acrobat 4.0 or later; CD-ROM drive.

Language (note)

• Summary in English, French, and German.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Historical background -- A panorama of settlement development -- Archaeology and history -- Archaeological evidence -- The Saxon and medieval pottery -- The Saxon and medieval finds -- The animal bone -- Plant and invertebrate remains by Gillian Campbell and Mark Robinson.

ISBN

• 9781842173374 (hbk.)
• 1842173375 (hbk.)

OCLC

• 245565361
• SCSB-11909330

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library