Medieval archaeology : understanding traditions and contemporary approaches / Christopher Gerrard.

Chris Gerrard looks at the people and excavations that have been important in medieval archaeology and the core theory and methodology used, creating an essential text for all medieval archaeologists.

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Main Author: Gerrard, Christopher M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; The discovery of ignorance; Inventing the Middle Ages: antiquarian views (to c.1800); Lights and shadows: medievalism, the Gothic Revival and the nineteenth century (to 1882); An emerging discipline: monuments, methods and ideas (1882 1945); Into the light; Out of the shell: medieval archaeology comes of age (1945 1970); Breaking ranks: new ideas, new techniques, the Rescue years and after (1970 1989); Winds of change; Retrospect and prospect: medieval archaeology today (1990 to the present); Bibliography; Index.