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Book SynopsisStudies of Britain in transition from Romano-British to medieval Celtic economy.This book brings together new archaeological, historical and palaeoecological approaches to the transition from the Romano-British to medieval Celtic economy between the fourth and ninth centuries AD. The articles include a reassessment of the end of the Romano-British economy, suggesting that the conventional interpretation - a sudden collapse in production in the early fifth century -is incorrect; pollen analysis is a key approach in understanding the end of the agricultural economy,and here, for the first time, all relevant pollen sequences are catalogued and discussed. There is a new research into imported pottery and glass and inscribed stone monuments, and the contacts whichbrought imports into Britain and Ireland are reevaluated from new evidence which includes archaeological material from shipwrecks of AD 400-600.: K.R. DARK, PETRA DAY, JONATHAN M. WOODING, EWAN CAMPBELL, ANNE BOWMAN, CHRISTOPHER SPAREY-GREEN, JEREMY KNIGHT
Trade ReviewA stimulating collection which has much to offer those interested in the interface between the classical world and the middle ages in the west. HISTORY Interesting group [of papers] and a useful contribution to the emerging debate about the nature of 5th- to 7th-century western Britain. * CAMBRIAN MEDIEVAL CELTIC STUDIES *
Table of ContentsProto-industrialisation and the end of the Roman economy - K R Dark Palaeoecological evidence for landscape continuity and change in Britain ca A.D. 400-800 - S P Dark Pottery and local production at the end of Roman Britain - K R Dark Cargoes in trade along the western seaboard - The archaeological evidence for external contracts: imports, trade and economy in Celtic Britain A.D. 400-800 - Ewan N Campbell Post-Roman imports in Britain and Ireland: a maritime perspective - Ann Bowman Seasoned with salt: insular-gallic contacts in the early memorial stones and cross slabs - J K Knight Poundbury, Dorset: settlement and economy in late and post-Roman Dorchester - Christopher Sparey-Green
