Archaeological Approaches to Medieval Europe

Kathleen Biddick specializes in medieval historiography and criticism at Temple University and has extensively published on historical criticism and theory.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction by Kathleen Biddick PART I: Organizing Space and Managing ResourcesThe Multiple Estate: A Model for Tracing the Interrelationships of Society, Economy, and Habitat by Glanville R. J. JonesFieldwork and Documentary Evidence for the Layout and Organization of Early Medieval Estates in the English Midlands by David HallThe Forest: Woodland and Wood-Pasture in Medieval England by Oliver RackhamPART II: Forming and Transforming Agricultural Systems in Temperate EuropeField Edge, Forest Edge: Early Medieval Social Change and Resource Allocation by Kathleen Biddick Some Ecological Dimensions of Medieval Field Systems by H. S. A. Fox Environmental, Ecological, and Agricultural Systems: Approaches to Simulation Modeling Applications for Medieval Temperate Europe by William S. Cooter Early Medieval Agriculture in Coastal Holland: The Evidence from Archaeology and Ecology by William H. TeBrake PART III: Reconstructing Material Worlds from Artifacts North Sea Trade Before the Vikings by Richard Hodges Morphological Analysis of Medieval Fine Pottery: Provenance and Trade Patterns in the Mediterranean World by Janet E. Buerger The Archaeozoology of the Anglo-Saxon Site at West Stow, Suffolk by Pamela Crabtree PART IV: Time-Depth and Settlement: Overview and Case Studies A Diachronic Model for Settlement and Land Use in Southern Burgundy by Carole L. CrumleyAn Experimental Model for Early Medieval Settlement in Southwestern Burgundy by Walter E. BerryCastle and Countryside: Capalbiaccio and the Changing Settlement History of the Ager Cosanus by Stephen L. Dyson PART V: Context and ConcernsCurrent ResearchConcerns in Medieval Archaeology in West Germany by Walter JanssenContributors