Interpreting the English Village Aston Mick
Interpreting the English Village Aston Mick An original and approachable account of how archaeology can tell the story of the English village. It is possible that abbot Dunstan, one of the great…
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Interpreting the English Village Aston Mick
An original and approachable account of how archaeology can tell the story of the English village. It is possible that abbot Dunstan, one of the great reformers of tenth century monasticism directed the planning of the village.The Shapwick Project examined the development and history of an English parish and village over a ten thousand-year period. Shapwick lies in the middle of Somerset, next to the important monastic centre of Glastonbury: the abbey owned the manor for 800 years from the 8th to the 16th century and its abbots and officials had a great influence on the lives of the peasants who lived there.
Not only were a battery of archaeological and historical techniques explored - such as field walking, test-pitting, archaeological excavation, aerial reconnaissance, documentary research and cartographic analysis - but numerous other This was a truly multi-disciplinary project.