The Oxford Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology

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

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

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