H 276 x W 203 mm
218 pages
53 figures, 33 tables (4 plates in colour)
Published Apr 2019
Archaeopress Access Archaeology
ISBN
Paperback: 9781789691924
Digital: 9781789691931
Keywords
Anglo-Saxon; Farming; archaeobotany; agricultural change; Mid Saxon; charred plant remains
By Mark McKerracher, Mark McKerracher
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Farming practices underwent momentous transformations in the Mid Saxon period, between the 7th and 9th centuries AD. This study applies a standardised set of repeatable quantitative analyses to the charred remains of Anglo-Saxon crops and weeds, to shed light on crucial developments in crop husbandry between the 7th and 9th centuries.
Chapter 1: Seeds of Change; Chapter 2: Describing the Data; Chapter 3: Surveying the Species; Chapter 4: Defining the Deposits; Chapter 5: Counting the Crops; Chapter 6: The Witness of Weeds; Chapter 7: More than the Sum of their Parts; Appendix 1: Key Parameters; Appendix 2: Key Metadata; Appendix 3: Gazetteer of Sites; Appendix 4: Inventory of Samples; Appendix 5: Inventory of Plant Taxa; Bibliography