This book examines the contribution of archaeology to the study of the social, economic,
religious, and other developments in England from the end of the Roman period at the start …

Back in 2011 I (Chris Gerrard) shared an office at Durham University with David Petley, a
physical geographer who at that time held the Wilson Chair in Hazard and Risk and was …

Human emotion is of interest across a wide range of disciplines, but in the field of
archaeology it has received attention only very recently. This article contributes to the …

This chapter provides an overview of the archaeological evidence for the reactions of
medieval people to seismic disasters tackling, in particular, the role of interpretation, belief …

This chapter presents the archaeological evidence of dress from later medieval Britain. It
includes the often fragmentary textile and leather remains of clothing and shoes, and the …

Romano-British hoards have been researched by archaeologists for over two hundred
years, in particular coin hoards. Yet there is another hoard type, containing artefacts, that …

Chapter 7 continues to examine the difficulties surrounding the prerogative claim to treasure
trove by reference to several finds–Coleby (1975), Water Newton (1975), Wanborough …

This chapter illustrates one of many performances that would have taken place in medieval
Europe to allay fears and protect against disasters. It explores how we can recognize similar …

In the seventh to eighth centuries CE in Hartlepool on the northeast coast of England,
craftworkers associated with a monastic community produced small, flat, carved and often …

This chapter considers the application of archaeological theory to later medieval
archaeology. Critical overviews have appeared before (eg Gerrard 2003; Gilchrist 2009a; …