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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458483803321

Autore

Gerrard Christopher <1962-, >

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-56606-9

1-280-40401-9

0-585-46099-X

0-203-46846-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Classificazione

15.35

Disciplina

941

Soggetti

Archaeology, Medieval - Great Britain

Excavations (Archaeology) - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Great Britain Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-290) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.