Europe Between Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Recent archaeological and historical research in Western and Southern Europe: Recent archaeological and historical research in Western and Southern Europe

The eight papers in this volume examine recent archaeological and historical research in Western and Southern Europe. Contributors include: H Hamerow (Early medival communities in Northwest Europe); G Halsall (The Merovingian period in northeast Gaul: Transition or change?); C Haselgrove & C Scull (The changing structure of rural settlement in southern Picardy during the first Millennium AD); C Scull (Appraoches to material culture and social dynamics of the Migration period of eastern England); C Loveluck (The formation of Anglo-Saxon society in the English Peak District, 400-700 AD); N Christie (Italy and the Roman to medieval transition); J Bintliff (Current research on the origins of the traditional village in central Greece) . Europe Between Late Antiquity And The Middle Ages: Recent Archaeological And Historical Research In Western And Southern Europe / John Bintliff, Helena Hamerow -- Shaping Settlements: Early Medieval Communities In Northwest Europe / Helena Hamerow -- The Merovingian Period In Northeast Gaul: Transition Or Change? / Guy Halsall -- The Changing Structure Of Rural Settlement In Southern Picardy During The First Millenium A.d. / Colin Haselgrove, Christopher Scull -- Approaches To Material Culture And Social Dynamics Of The Migration Period Of Eastern England / Christopher Scull -- Acculturation, Migration And Exchange: The Formation Of Anglo-saxon Society In The English Peak District, 400-700 A.d. / Christopher Loveluck -- Italy And The Roman To Medieval Transition / Neil Christie -- The Two Transitions: Current Research On The Origins Of The Traditional Village In Central Greece / John Bintliff. Edited By John Bintliff And Helena Hamerow. Papers From A Symposium Organized By The Dept. Of Archaeology At The University Of Durham In Nov. 1993. Includes Bibliographical References. Cover Copyright Contents Contributors Acknowledgements EUROPE BET WEEN LATE ANTIQUITY AND THE MIDDLE AGES SHAPING SETTLE MENTS: EARLY MEDIEVAL COMMUNITIES IN NORTHWEST EUROPE THE MEROVINGIAN PERIOD IN NORTH-EAST GAUL: TRANSITION OR CHANGE? THE CHANGING STRUCTURE OF RURAL SETTLEMENT IN SOUTHERN PICARDY DURING THE FIRST MILLENNIUM A.D. APPROACHES TO MATERIAL CULTURE AND SOCIAL DYNAMICS OF THE MIGRATION PERIOD IN EASTERN ENGLAND ACCULTURATION, MIGRATION AND EXCHANGE: THE FORMATION OF AN ANGLO-SAXON SOCIETY IN THE ENGLISH PEAK DISTRICT, 400 - 700 A.D. ITALY AND THE RO MAN TO MEDIEVAL TRANSITION THE TWO TRANSITIONS: CURRENT RESEARCH ON THE ORIGINS OF THE TRADITIONAL VILLAGE IN CENTRAL GREECE