Table of Contents

I. Anglo-Saxon Identity: Ethnicity, Culture, and Genes
1: C. Hills: Overview: Anglo-Saxon Identity
2: S. Esmonde Cleary: The Ending(s) of Roman Britain
3: B. Brugmann: Migration and Endogenous Change
4: J. D. Richards: Anglo-Scandinavian Identity
5: D. Griffiths: The Ending of Anglo-Saxon England: Identity, Allegiance, and Nationality
6: R. Hedges: Anglo-Saxon Migration and the Molecular Evidence
7: G. R. Owen-Crocker: Dress and Identity
II. Rural Settlement
8: H. Hamerow: Overview: Rural Settlement
9: H. Hamerow: Timber Buildings and their Social Context
10: K. Ulmschneider: Settlement Hierarchy
11: R. Morris: Local Churches in the Anglo-Saxon Countryside
12: M. Gardiner: Late Saxon Settlements
III. Mortuary Ritual
13: T. M. Dickinson: Overview: Mortuary Ritual
14: H. Williams: Mortuary Practices in Early Anglo-Saxon England
15: M. Welch: The Mid Saxon 'Final Phase'
16: D. Hadley: Late Saxon Burial Practice
IV. Food Production
17: D. Hooke: Overview: Rural Production
18: N. Sykes: Woods and the Wild
19: L. Moffett: Food Plants on Archaeological Sites: The Nature of the Archaeobotanical Record
20: T. O'Connor: Animal Husbandry
21: S. Oosthuizen: Anglo-Saxon Fields
V. Craft Production and Technology
22: G. Thomas: Overview: Sources and Limitations of Evidence
23: D. Hinton: Raw Materials: Sources and Demand
24: K. Leahy: Anglo-Saxon Crafts
25: L. Webster: Style: Influences, Chronology, and Meaning
VI. Trade, Exchange, and Urbanization
26: G. Astill: Overview: Trade, Exchange and Urbanization
27: M. Henig: The Fate of Late Roman Towns
28: C. Loveluck & L. Laing: Britons and Anglo-Saxons
29: T. Pestell: Markets, Emporia, Wics, and 'Productive' Sites: Pre-Viking Trade Centres in Anglo-Saxon England
30: M. Blackburn: Coinage in its Archaeological Context
31: R. A. Hall: Burhs and Boroughs: Defended Places, Trade, and Towns. Plans, Defences, Civic Features
VII. The Body and Life Course
32: S. Crawford: Overview: The Body and Life Course
33: N. Stoodley: Childhood to Old Age
34: T. O'Connell & B. Hull: Diet: Recent Evidence from Analytical Chemical Techniques
35: S. Lucy: Gender and Gender Roles
36: C. Lee: Disease
VIII. The Archaeology of Religion
37: J. Blair: Overview: The Archaeology of Religion
38: S. Semple: Sacred Spaces and Places in Pre-Christian and Conversion Period Anglo-Saxon England
39: A. Pluskowski: The Archaeology of Paganism
40: E. Coatsworth: The Material Culture of the Church
41: R. Gameson: The Archaeology of the Anglo-Saxon Book
42: H. Gittos: Christian Sacred Spaces and Places
IX. Signals of Power
43: M. O. H. Carver: Overview: Signals of Power
44: C. Scull: Social Transactions, Gift Exchange, and Power in the Archaeology of the Fifth to Seventh Centuries
45: M. Gaimster: Image and Power in the Early Anglo-Saxon Period
46: A. Reynolds: Crime and Punishment
47: M. O. H. Carver: What Were They Thinking? Intellectual Territories in Anglo-Saxon England
X. The Place of Archaeology in Anglo-Saxon Studies
48: J. Campbell: Historical Sources and Archaeology
49: J. Hines: Literary Sources and Archaeology
50: M. Gelling: Place-Names and Archaeology
51: C. Gosden: Anthropology and Archaeology
52: S. Marzinzik: Anglo-Saxon Archaeology and the Public

About the Author

Helena Hamerow is Professor of Early Medieval Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford.

David A. Hinton is Emeritus Professor, University of Southampton

Sally Crawford is Lecturer in Medieval Archaeology, Birmingham University

Reviews

The most significant collection on the subject since David Wilson's... a once-in-a-generation collection.
*Alex Burghart, Times Literary Supplement*

well written and well edited ... the scope and coverage of the Handbook mean that its discussions and evaluations will be current for many years to come. The volume sets out to provide a resource for the ongoing study of Anglo-Saxon archaeology and it has achieved that goal.
*Zoe Devlin, European Journal of Archaeology*

offers a wealth of knowledge of all aspects of contemporary research into Anglo-Saxon archaeology, and will become a crucial reference as a starting point to anyone studying the period or a particular topic.
*Matilda Holmes, Archaeological Review from Cambridge*

an invaluable resource for students and scholars of Anglo-Saxon England.
*Thomas Pickles, Medieval Settlement Research*

scholarly and wide-ranging ... And copious it is, with every aspect of life, death and spirituality examined in ten parts, each introduced by a well-chosen voice in the field:
*Madeleine Hummler, Antiquity*

This is still the only place where one can find the whole range of current scholarly debates grouped into one volume. Whether one wishes to use it as introductory reading or as an up-to-date bibliographical resource, anyone taking the study of the Anglo-Saxon period seriously ought to place a copy on their shelf.
*Letty Ten Harkel, The English Historical Review.*