Life and economy at early medieval Flixborough, c. AD 600-1000 : c. AD 600-1000 : the artefact evidence

With contributions by Marion M. Archibald, Paul Blinkhorn, Michelle P. Brown, Jane Cowgill, Rosemary Cramp, Brenda Dickinson, Peter Didsbury, Glynis Edwards, Vera I. Evison, Martin Foreman, Geoff Gaunt, Kay Hartley, John Hines, Jennifer Jones, Christopher Loveluck, Peter Makey, Bill Marsden, Catherine Mortimer, Sonia O'Connor, T. P. O'Connor, Elisabeth Okasha, Patrick Ottaway, Ian Panter, Jonathan Parkhouse, Tim Pestell, Elizabeth J. E. Pirie, Nicola Rogers, Bryan Sitch, David Starley, Gabor Thomas, Alan Vince, Penelope Walton Rogers, Lisa M. Wastling, Jacqui Watson, Jane Young and Susan M. Youngs. Principal Illustrators: Mike Frankland, Zoe Patterson, John Marshall, Rebecca Smith and Leslie Turner. Between 1989 and 1991, excavations in the parish of Flixborough, North Lincolnshire, unearthed remains of an Anglo-Saxon settlement associated with one of the largest collections of artefacts and animal bones yet found on such a site. In an unprecedented occupation sequence from an Anglo-Saxon rural settlement, six main periods of occupation have been identified, dating from the seventh to the early eleventh centuries; with a further period of activity, between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries AD. The remains of approximately forty buildings and other structures were uncovered; and due to the survival of large refuse deposits, huge quantities of artefacts and faunal remains were encountered compared with most other rural settlements of the period. Volume 2 contains detailed presentation of some 10,000 recorded finds, over 6,000 sherds of pottery, and many other residues and bulk finds, illustrated with 213 blocks of figures and 67 plates, together with discussion of their significance.It presents the most comprehensive, and currently unique picture of daily life on a rural settlement of this period in eastern England, and is an assemblage of Europe wide significance to Anglo-Saxon and early medieval archaeologists.

Between 1989 and 1991, excavations in the parish of Flixborough, North Lincolnshire, unearthed remains of an Anglo-Saxon settlement associated with one of the largest collections of artefacts and animal bones yet found on such a site. In an unprecedented occupation sequence from an Anglo-Saxon rural settlement, six main periods of occupation have been identified, dating from the seventh to the early eleventh centuries; with a further period of activity, between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries AD. The remains of approximately forty buildings and other structures were uncovered, and due to the survival of large refuse deposits, huge quantities of artefacts and faunal remains were encountered compared with most other rural settlements of the period. The quality of the overall archaeological data contained within the settlement sequence is important for both the examination of site-specific issues, and for the investigation of wider research themes and problems, facing settlement studies in England, between AD 600 and 1050. Volume 2 (the final volume to be published in the series) completes the four-volume series of reports on the excavations and details an assemblage of Europe wide significance to Anglo-Saxon and early medieval archaeologists.

List of Figures List of Plates List of Contributors to the Flixborough Volumes Summary Zusammenfassung Résumé Acknowledgements Preface and Introduction 1. DRESS AND PERSONAL ITEMS 2. CONSUMPTION OF LUXURIES: THE GLASS AND COPPER ALLOY VESSELS 3. ARTEFACTS RELATING TO SPECIALIST ACTIVITIES 4. BUILDING MATERIALS AND FITTINGS 5. DOMESTIC FITTINGS AND IMPLEMENTS 6. CULTIVATION, CROP PROCESSING AND FOOD PROCUREMENT 7. WOODWORKING, THE TOOL HOARD AND ITS LEAD CONTAINERS 8. LEATHERWORKING 9. TEXTILE PRODUCTION 10. IRONWORKING 11. NON-FERROUS METALWORKING 12. THE ANGLO-SAXON POTTERY 13. THE ANGLO-SAXON COINS, MENSURATION WEIGHTS AND INGOTS 14. PREHISTORIC, ROMANO-BRITISH AND HIGH MEDIEVAL REMAINS Bibliography Index Colour Plates