Links to Late Antiquity: Ceramic exchange and contacts on the Atlantic Seaboard in the 5th to 7th centuries AD Contributor(s): Duggan, Maria (Author) |
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ISBN: 1407316397 ISBN-13: 9781407316390 Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd OUR PRICE: $92.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2018 |
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BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology |
Series: BAR British |
Physical Information: 0.65" H x 8.27" W x 11.69" (1.71 lbs) 238 pages |
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Publisher Description: This publication began as an AHRC-funded doctoral thesis, 'Links to Late Antiquity: Understanding Contacts on the Western Seaboard in the 5th to 7th Centuries', completed at Newcastle University in 2016. This revised version presents a broad-scale discussion of the evidence for contacts and connections in the Atlantic Seaboard region, based principally on ceramics. It extends knowledge of a category of material with a long history of scholarship in Britain and Ireland: amphorae and fineware vessels of East Mediterranean origin. The presence of this imported pottery at sites in western Britain, such as Tintagel in Cornwall, has frequently been used to suggest direct links between post-Roman Britain and the Byzantine World. This work offers an alternative position - that the wares reflect active and evolving networks of trans-shipment and exchange operating in the Atlantic Seaboard region between the fifth and seventh century. This first examination of parallel French, Spanish and Portuguese publications provides a fresh perspective on this important group of artefacts for understanding early medieval Britain. |
Contributor Bio(s): Duggan, Maria: - Maria Duggan |