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The study of deserted villages abandoned during the last millennium in Europe has been the primary focus of archaeological interventions in rural settlements over recent decades. However, most of the hamlets and villages of medieval origin remain inhabited today and excavations in these small and medium-sized settlements are more unusual. The Archaeology of Medieval Villages Currently Inhabited in Europe focuses on these locations, giving examples of sites excavated in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Scandinavia and Spain. The case studies highlight the diversity of problems and debates around this subject such as the meaning of the term ‘village’, the chronology beyond the last millennium with continuities, discontinuities and ruptures, the integration of research into residential and working areas, the role of local communities in research programmes and the need for multidisciplinary approaches to address all these issues. Deserted villages research along with currently-inhabited settlement excavation has the important potential to achieve long-lasting historical syntheses on medieval settlement networks in Europe. These five chapters offer challenging approaches to the above issues and proposals for future research in the field from Spain to the North Sea.

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Author:   Jesus Fernandez Fernandez ,  Margarita Fernandez Mier (Professor of Medieval History, University of Oviedo)
Publisher:   Archaeopress
Imprint:   Archaeopress
Weight:   0.506kg
ISBN:  

9781789693003

ISBN 10:   1789693004
Pages:   132
Publication Date:   22 August 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface – by Margarita Fernández Mier, Jesús Fernández Fernández Introduction – by Margarita Fernández Mier, Jesús Fernández Fernández Test pit excavation as a method for reconstructing the development of currently-occupied rural settlements: Evidence from England – by Carenza Lewis Village Archaeology in France. A twenty-five year retrospective – by Edith Peytremann Investigating medieval village formation in the Netherlands – by J.P.W. Verspay, H. Renes, B. Groenewoudt, J. van Doesburg Is this a village? Approaching nucleated settlements in Scandinavian contexts – by Ingvild Øye The Archaeology of Currently Inhabited Villages in Spain: The Case of Asturias – by Margarita Fernández Mier, Jesús Fernández Fernández Conclusion – by Chris Wickham

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Jesús Fernández Fernández’s lines of research and interests focus on Medieval Archaeology, Historical Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, GIS and Heritage studies. Currently he is teaching and researching at Oviedo University within the programme Marie-Curie COFUND. Margarita Fernández Mier is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Oviedo (Spain). Her principal interest is the study of early medieval societies in the north-western Iberian Peninsula, as well as the settlement analysis and the organisation of agrarian landscapes research.

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