Norwich households: The Medieval and Post-Medieval finds from Norwich Survey excavations, 1971-1978 (East Anglian archaeology)

With major contributions from Elisabeth Crowfoot, Paul Drury, Blanche M. A. Ellis, Diana Friendship-Taylor, David R. M. Gaimster, Ian H. Goodall, Jeremy Haslam, David King, Graeme Lawson, Carole A. Morris, Dan Smith, and Brian Spencer. Illustrations by Martin Creasey, Phillip Judge, and Jean Stokes. This volume is a catalogue of the finds excavated by the Norwich Survey between 1971 and 1978, with the exception of pottery and clay tobacco pipes, separately published. The finds are classified broadly as dress and personal possessions, furnishings and household equipment, building materials; occupations, industry and crafts; and pastimes. Within each group the finds are catalogued according to material. The forty sites which were excavated and researched were primarily those threatened by development, and as such do not necessarily provide a comprehensive record of the town during the period. Nevertheless, the finds can provide rich and varied evidence about the life of the people of Norwich, often illuminating the ordinary households seldom recorded in documents. Aby Sue Margeson A huge `finds' report with objects grouped by function or by trade. Everything is dress and dress accessories, furnishings and household equipment, door and window furniture and fittings for buildings, tools and debris associated with trades and industry, musical instruments, games and pastimes. Includes wood and glass vessels but not pottery (for that see Eighteen centuries of pottery from Norwich by Sarah Jennings, EAA 13, 1981. Now reduced to only #9.95.). The increasing number of these Medieval finds reports from different parts of the country should lead soon to some regional syntheses. For instance there is not much weaponry in Norwich! (East Anglian Archaeology 58, 1993) List of Contents List of Plates List of Figures List of Tables and Diagram Sources of Figures Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction Methodology Chapter 1. Dress and Personal Possessions Chapter 2. Furnishings and Household Equipment Chapter 3. Buildings Chapter 4. Occupations, Industry and Crafts Chapter 5. Diversions Chapter 6. Unclassified Bibliography Index By Sue Margeson ; With Major Contributions From Elisabeth Crowfoot ... [et Al.] ; Illustrations By Martin Creasey, Phillip Judge, And Jean Stokes. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 251-258) And Index.