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Archaeology, Economy and Society
David A. Hinton
其他書名
England from the Fifth to the Fifteenth Century
出版Routledge, 2002-03-11
主題Social Science / Archaeology
ISBN11346601469781134660148
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=HKuGAgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Many books have been written on particular aspects of medieval archaeology, or on particular parts of the period, but synthesis across the whole spectrum has not been attempted before. The aim of this book is to examine the contribution that archaeology can make to an understanding of the social, economic, religious and other developments that took place in England from the migrations of the fifth and sixth centuries to the beginning of the Renaissance, showing how society and economy evolved in that time-span.
Drawing on the latest available material, the book takes a chronological approach to the archaeological material of the post-Roman period in order to emphasize the changes that can be observed in the physical evidence and some of the reasons for them that can be suggested. The environment in which people functioned and how they expressed themselves - for example in their houses and burial practices, their pottery and their clothes - show how they were constrained by social customs and economic pressures.