Название: The Anglo-Saxon Fenland
Автор(ы): Susan Oosthuizen
Издательство: Windgather Press
Год: 2017
ISBN: 978-1911188087
Страниц: 177
Язык: English
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 57 MB

Archaeologies and histories of the fens of eastern England, continue to suggest, explicitly or by implication, that the early medieval fenland was dominated by the activities of north-west European colonists in a largely empty landscape. Using existing and new evidence and arguments, this new interdisciplinary history of the Anglo-Saxon fenland offers another interpretation. The fen islands and the silt fens show a degree of occupation unexpected a few decades ago. Dense Romano-British settlement appears to have been followed by consistent early medieval occupation on every island in the peat fens and across the silt fens, despite the impact of climatic change.