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Medieval Towns
John Schofield
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Description for Medieval Towns
Paperback. Series: Studies in the Archaeology of Medieval Europe. Num Pages: 352 pages, 74 line drawings and 55 black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HDDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 20. Weight in Grams: 872.
Archaeologists have shown that towns can claim to be more representative of the nature of society of which they formed part than any other type of site. In towns we are most likely to find archaeological evidence of both long-distance and local trade, of exploitation of natural resources, of specialization and of technological evidence in manufacturing, of social differentiation, of the means of political control, and of the religious aspirations of the population. Medieval Towns is the second and enlarged edition of the book Medieval Towns which was published in 1994 by Continuum. It surveys recent work on the archaeological ... Read more
Archaeologists have shown that towns can claim to be more representative of the nature of society of which they formed part than any other type of site. In towns we are most likely to find archaeological evidence of both long-distance and local trade, of exploitation of natural resources, of specialization and of technological evidence in manufacturing, of social differentiation, of the means of political control, and of the religious aspirations of the population. Medieval Towns is the second and enlarged edition of the book Medieval Towns which was published in 1994 by Continuum. It surveys recent work on the archaeological ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Studies in the Archaeology of Medieval Europe
Condition
New
Weight
606g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845530389
SKU
V9781845530389
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Ref
99-46
About John Schofield
John Schofield is Curator of Architecture at the Museum of London. He has been an archaeologist with the Museum since 1974 and has written several well-received books about medieval towns and buildings including The Building of London from the Conquest to the Great Fire (3rd edition, 1999) and Medieval London Houses (2nd edition, 2003). Alan Vince worked at the ... Read more
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