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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795640403321

Autore

Biddle Martin

Titolo

Environment and Agriculture of Early Winchester

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Archaeopress, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

1-80327-067-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (440 pages)

Collana

Winchester Studies ; ; v.10

Altri autori (Persone)

RenfrewJane

OttawayPatrick

Disciplina

936.22735

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Pre-title Page -- Frontispiece -- Title Page -- Publisher -- Dedication -- Sponsors -- PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTORS -- Staff and Volunteers of the Winchester Research Unit -- GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE -- FOREWORD -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- LIST OF REFERENCES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PART I:  INTRODUCTION AND ENVIRONMENT -- 1  INTRODUCTION by MARTIN BIDDLE and JANE M. RENFREW  with contributions by FRANCIS J. GREEN and PATRICK OTTAWAY -- 2 THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF  THE WINCHESTER REGION by JANE M. RENFREW and PATRICK OTTAWAY -- PART II THE WRITTEN EVIDENCE -- ÆLFRIC'S NOMINA HERBARUM AND THE PLANT REMAINS FROM ANGLO-SAXON WINCHESTER by DEBBY BANHAM -- 4 AGRICULTURE AND THE USE OF PLANTS IN MEDIEVAL WINCHESTER:  THE DOCUMENTARY by DEREK J. KEENEEVIDENCE -- 5 GARDENS IN MEDIEVAL AND LATER WINCHESTER: THE CASTLE, WOLVESEY PALACE,   AND AND EASTGATE HOUSE  by BEATRICE CLAYRE and MARTIN BIDDLE -- 6 FIELD CROPS AND THEIR CULTIVATION   IN HAMPSHIRE, 1200-1350,   IN THE LIGHT OF DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE  by JAN Z. TITOW -- PART III THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE -- 7 POLLEN ANALYSIS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPOSITS IN WINCHESTER  by ERWIN ISENBERG and JANE M. RENFREW -- 8 THE IDENTIFICATION AND UTILIZATION OF WOOD IN EARLY WINCHESTER  by SUZANNE KEENE -- 9   THE ROMAN



PLANT REMAINS1  by PETER MURPHY -- 10 THE PLANT ECONOMY AND VEGETATION OF ANGLO-SAXON WINCHESTER  by MICHAEL MONK -- 11 PLANT REMAINS AND AGRICULTURE  IN NORMAN AND LATER MEDIEVAL WINCHESTER  by FRANCIS J. GREEN -- 12 ROMAN AND POST-ROMAN MOSS FROM LOWER BROOK STREET  by DORIAN WILLIAMS and JANE M. RENFREW -- 13 INSECT FAUNA FROM LOWER BROOK STREET  by PETER J. OSBORNE -- 14 CONCLUSION  by PATRICK OTTAWAY -- Concordance of Samples -- INDEX I: GENERAL INDEX -- INDEX 2: INSECTS AND PLANTS -- WINCHESTER STUDIES -- Back cover.

Sommario/riassunto

This wide-ranging study describes the natural environment of Winchester and its immediate surroundings from the late Iron Age to the early post-medieval period. Historical and archaeological evidence consider humanity's interactions with the environment, fashioning agricultural, gardening and horticultural regimes over a millennium and a half.