Echoes of the Middle Ages are all around us in Britain. Sites like the Tower of London, Hampton Court, and the castles of Scotland and Wales are mainstays of cultural tourism, Medieval institutions like the monarchy, monasteries, and universities are familiar to us, and we come into contact with the remnants of Britain's medieval past every day we drive past a castle on a hill or visit a local church. People today can come into direct contact with their medieval predecessors through the inspiring cross-section of later medieval finds that can now be found on display in museums across the country. In many ways, the medieval past has never been so present. The Oxford Handbook of Later Medieval Archaeology in Britain provides an overview of the archaeology of the later Middle Ages in Britain between AD 1066 and 1550. Sixty-one entries, divided into ten thematic sections, cover topics ranging from later medieval objects, human remains, archaeological science, standing buildings, and sites such as castles and monasteries, to the well-preserved relict landscapes which still survive. This is a rich and exciting period of the past and most of what we know about the material culture of the medieval period has been discovered in the past two generations. This volume provides comprehensive coverage of the latest research and describes the major projects and concepts that are changing our understanding of the later Middle Ages.

About the Author
Christopher Gerrard is Professor of Medieval Archaeology at Durham University. His eight books include Medieval Archaeology: Understanding Traditions and Contemporary Approaches (2003) and Interpreting the English Village: Landscape and Community at Shapwick, Somerset which won the Best Archaeological Book of the Year award in 2014. His fieldwork includes excavations in Spain and the Azores and projects on qanats, natural disasters in the Middle Ages and, most recently, the discovery of mass graves of 17th-century Scottish soldiers under one of the University's libraries. Alejandra Gutierrez is a Research Fellow at Durham University. Her interests lie in the study of medieval and later material culture, particularly the movement of goods, trade and exchange, and European contact with Britain in the Middle Ages. She writes about ceramics and other archaeological finds and has authored numerous articles on the subject, including a book, Mediterranean Pottery in Wessex Households and an accompanying web-guide for the identification of medieval and later Spanish pottery.

Reviews
The editors have done an exemplary job of knitting this volume together into a cohesive, readable and fluent landmark of scholarship for this field. * Patrick Gleeson, Agricultural History Review *
[The Handbook]...is a major achievement. It is as clear a synthesis of current thinking on later medieval archaeology as one could hope to achieve, and will be of use to all students of the period, whether archaeologists or those in other disciplines who wish for an authoritative guide to interpret and inform future studies. * Andrew Davidson, Archaeologia Cambrensis *
Overall this collection represents an enormous editing project, which will serve as a very useful resource. * Deirdre O'Sullivan, Archaeological Journal *
This is a very fine book, equally valuable to experts as to undergraduates. It will immediately establish itself as a key reference work * Paul Stamper, Medieval Archaeology *



Book Information
ISBN 9780198858041
Author Christopher Gerrard
Format Paperback
Page Count 1104
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 2026g
Dimensions(mm) 245mm * 170mm * 55mm