Medieval Archaeology: Understanding Traditions and Contemporary Approaches

Medieval Archaeology

Understanding Traditions and Contemporary Approaches

By Chris Gerrard

Price: $125.00

ISBN: 978-0-415-23462-7
Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
Published by: Routledge
Publication Date: 19th September 2002
Pages: 320
Illustrations: 50 line drawings, 12 b+w photos and 2 tables

About the Book

This exciting new introduction to medieval archaeology looks critically at the discipline and analyses how it differs from prehistoric archaeology. It asks why we study it and how its study has made an impact on the public consciousness in films, books and TV programmes. Gerrard looks at the people and excavations that have been important in the development of the discipline while at the same time providing an essential synthesis of the core theory and methodology used. Topics covered include:
*thinking about medieval archaeology
*fieldwork
*landscape
*settlement.

Reviews

'Gerrard has done a great service by producing a well-researched and clearly written account ... This is a serious contribution to Medieval archaeology and one that should be read by students, archaeologists, and all those interested in the link between Medieval and contemporary society.' - British Archaeology

About the Author(s)

Chris Gerrard is Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Durham. He is a fellow of the Sodiety of Antiquaries of London, a member of the Institute of Field Archaeologists and Monographs Editor for the Society of Medieval Archaeology.