Eckweek, Peasedown St John, Somerset: Survey and Excavations at a Shrunken Medieval Hamlet 1988–90

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Andrew Young The Society for Medieval Archaeology

Eckweek, Peasedown St John, Somerset

Survey and Excavations at a Shrunken Medieval Hamlet 1988–90

Andrew Young, The Society for Medieval Archaeology, Nigel Blades , Wendy Carruthers

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Routledge
12 May 2020

Archaeology by period & region

Series: The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monographs

This volume presents the results of archaeological survey and excavation at Eckweek, Somerset, which yielded one of the most important medieval rural settlement sequences yet excavated from south-west England.

At the centre of the narrative is a succession of well-preserved buildings spanning the late 10th to the 14th centuries A.D. forming the nucleus of a Domesday manor and its Late Saxon precursor. Detailed analysis of the structural sequence offers a new regional perspective on pre-Conquest earthfast timber architecture and its subsequent (12th-century) replacement by masonry traditions. Culminating in a richly preserved 14th-century farmhouse, including a very complete assemblage of structural and domestic objects, the structural archaeology provides an unusually refined picture of the internal organisation of later medieval domestic space within a rural farming setting. Detailed analytical attention is given to the abundant artefactual and environmental datasets recovered from the excavations (including prolific assemblages of medieval pottery and palaeonvironmental data) with a nuanced appraisal of their interpretative implications.

Anyone with an interest in the dynamics and regional complexity of medieval rural communities will find this a stimulating and enlightening read.

By: Andrew Young, Nigel Blades, Wendy Carruthers, Nick Corcos
Edited by: The Society for Medieval Archaeology
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 40
Dimensions: Height: 297mm, Width: 210mm,
Weight: 1.233kg
ISBN: 9780367860295
ISBN 10: 0367860295
Series: The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monographs
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 12 May 2020
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrew Young was born in Gloucestershire, is a graduate of the University of Bristol and a former student of the late Mick Aston. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists and has worked as a commercial archaeologist since 1987 and as Principal Archaeologist with Avon Archaeological Unit in Bristol, which he founded in 1991. He and his wife Donna live in Highland Scotland but he remains a Director of Avon Archaeology and also works part-time as Senior Archaeologist with Highland Archaeology Services.