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Interpreting the English Village
Mick Aston
Christopher Gerrard
其他書名
Landscape and Community at Shapwick, Somerset
出版
Windgather Press
, 2013-02-07
主題
History / Europe / Medieval
History / Europe / Great Britain / General
Social Science / Sociology / Rural
Social Science / Archaeology
ISBN
1909686069
9781909686069
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=KqSmAwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
An original and approachable account of how archaeology can tell the story of the English village. Shapwick lies in the middle of Somerset, next to the important monastic centre of Glastonbury: the abbey owned the manor for 800 years from the 8th to the 16th century and its abbots and officials had a great influence on the lives of the peasants who lived there. It is possible that abbot Dunstan, one of the great reformers of tenth century monasticism directed the planning of the village.
The Shapwick Project examined the development and history of an English parish and village over a ten thousand-year period. This was a truly multi-disciplinary project. Not only were a battery of archaeological and historical techniques explored - such as field walking, test-pitting, archaeological excavation, aerial reconnaissance, documentary research and cartographic analysis - but numerous other techniques such as building analysis, dendrochronological dating and soil analysis were undertaken on a large scale.
The result is a fascinating study about how the community lived and prospered in Shapwick. In addition we learn how a group of enthusiastic and dedicated scholars unravelled this story. As such there is much here to inspire and enthuse others who might want to embark on a landscape study of a parish or village area. Seven of the ten chapters begin with a fictional vignette to bring the story of the village to life.
Text-boxes elucidate re-occurring themes and techniques. Extensively illustrated in colour including 100 full page images.
