Awards
- Runner-up for British Archaeological Awards: Best Archaeological Book 1994
- Runner-up for British Archaeological Awards: Best Archaeological Book 1994.
Overview
Runner-up for the book award in the 1994 British Archaeological Awards, Timber Castles is the standard work on the subject and hugely infl uential in its fi eld. Its reissue makes available again this much sought after text with a new preface by Robert Higham. Some of the greatest medieval castles survive only as earthworks and in pictures and written accounts . . . because they were made of timber. Robert Higham and Philip Barker, who excavated in detail the timber castle at Hen Domen in Wales, have brought together evidence of all kinds to produce the first comprehensive survey of this neglected and little-known type of fortification.
Full Product Details
Author: Robert Higham , Philip Barker
Publisher: University of Exeter Press
Imprint: University of Exeter Press
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 18.70cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 25.00cm
Weight: 1.089kg
ISBN: 9780859897532
ISBN 10: 0859897532
Pages: 390
Publication Date: 01 May 2004
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Out of stock 
Table of Contents
List of illustrations, 7; Preface, 11; Acknowledgements, 14; List of abbreviations, 15; 1 Timber castles: their study and background, 17; 2 Origins of timber castles in the British Isles, 36; 3 Origins of timber castles in Europe, 78; 4 The documentary contribution, 114; 5 The pictorial evidence, 147; 6 Stone and timber, 171; 7 The earthworks of timber castles, 194; 8 The structures of timber castles: the excavated evidence and its interpretation, 244; 9 Hen Domen, Montgomery: a case-study, 326; 10 Epilogue, 348; 11 Gazetteer of excavations in Great Britain and Ireland, 353; Appendices; A Timber castle vocabulary, 361; B Castel, 362; Notes, 365; Further reading, 383; Index, 385.
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Philip Barker was formerly Reader in British Archaeology, University of Birmingham. He has directed a number of excavations and published several books. Robert Higham is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology, University of Exeter. His research interests cover two broad topics relating to the medieval period: the general theme of defence, in both its military and social aspects, and the medieval archaeology of South West England. He has directed a number of excavations and published several books. He has particular interests in the interplay between archaeological and historical data in the medieval period. Specific areas of research include urban defence, the archaeology, social and settlement history of castles and castle-building society, and the settlement history of Greater Exmoor.
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