Power and Politics in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland

Introduction: Reworking Historical Archaeology / Stephen T. Driscoll And Margaret R. Nieke -- Dalriada: The Establishment And Maintenance Of An Early Historic Kingdom In Northern Britain / Margaret R. Nieke And Holly B. Duncan -- The Activities Of Potentates In Celtic Britain, Ad 500-800: A Positivist Approach (appendix: Enclosed Places Ad 500-800 By Elizabeth A. Alcock) / Leslie Alcock -- The Archaeology Of Early Historic Irish Kingship / Richard B. Warner -- Northumbria: The Archaeological Evidence / Rosemary Cramp -- Power And Exchange In Middle Saxon England / Richard Hodges And John Moreland -- Early Scottish Towns: Their Origins And Economy / Michael R. Spearman -- Territories And Leadership: Frameworks For The Study Of Emergent Polities In Early Anglo-saxon Southern England / Christopher J. Arnold -- Style And Sociopolitical Organisation: A Preliminary Study From Early Anglo-saxon England / Genevieve Fisher -- Style And Symbol: Explaining Variability In Anglo-saxon Cremation Burials / J.d. Richards -- The Relationship Between History And Archaeology: Artefacts, Documents And Power / Stephen T. Driscoll. Stephen T. Driscoll And Margaret R. Nieke, Editors. Papers Presented At A Conference Sponsored By The Glasgow University Archaeology Society And Held In Glasgow In 1984. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 188-207. Contents 5 Introduction: reworking historical archaeology 7 Dalriada: the establishment and maintenance of an Early Historic kingdom in northern Britain 12 The activities of potentates in Celtic Britain, AD 500-800: a positivist approach 28 The archaeology of Early Historic Irish kingship 53 Northumbria: the archaeological evidence 75 Power and exchange in Middle Saxon England 85 Early Scottish towns: their origins and economy 102 Territories and leadership: frameworks for the study of emergent polities in early Anglo-Saxon southern England 117 Style and sociopolitical organisation: a preliminary study from early Anglo-Saxon England 134 Style and symbol: explaining variability in Anglo-Saxon cremation burials 151 The relationship between history and archaeology: artefacts, documents and power 168 Works referred to in the text 194 List of contributors 214 Index 215