IMC 2007: Sessions
Session 312: Urbanism and Rurality in Early Medieval Northern Europe, III: Networks of Production
Monday 9 July 2007, 16.30-18.00
Organiser: | John Naylor, Department of Archaeology, University of York / Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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Moderator/Chair: | John Naylor, Department of Archaeology, University of York / Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
Paper 312-a | Urban-Rural Interactions in East Anglia: The Evidence from Zooarchaeology (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Archaeology - Sites, Economics - Rural |
Paper 312-b | Agrarian Production and the Emporia of Mid-Saxon England (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Archaeology - Sites, Economics - Rural, Economics - Urban |
Paper 312-c | Craft in Context: Combmaking in Northern Britain, c. 700-1100 (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Archaeology - Sites, Economics - Rural, Economics - Urban |
Abstract | Approaches to urban and rural in early medieval northern Europe usually form distinct fields of research. Much work in the last fifteen years has focused towards gaining greater understanding of regional patterns of settlement and economy. This has had a fundamental impact on the way we perceive the role and function of rural areas in societal and economic change and there is now a growing need to integrate this with steadily increasing evidence from urban sites. This session explores production, transportation, and trade in early medieval northern Europe, and its relation to the political economy of its emerging states. |