CiNii Books - Wessex to AD 1000

Part of a series which outlines the history of England's regions in 21 volumes. London has not been included - except for demonstrating the many ways in which it has influenced the provinces - for its history has not been very different from that of towns and rural parishes that are our principal concern. This volume examines Wessex to 1000 A.D. and offers a synthesis of work from authors who have themselves been actively involved in local research and who are present in or former residents of the regions they describe. It surveys the archaeology and early history of the ancient counties of Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and Berkshire from earliest times through to the final flowering of the Anglo-Saxon age. It's chief concern is to interpret the landscape of the region, and the people who, over many centuries, created it. The region is covered in two linked but independent volumes, the first covering the period up to A.D. 1000 and necessarily relying heavily on archaeological data, and the second bringing the story up to the present day. Only by taking a wide time-span and by studying continuity and change over many centuries do distinctive regional characteristics become clear. This series portrays life as it was experienced by the great majority of the people of South Britain or England as it was to become. The book is aimed at degree students and at those taking courses in local history, urban history and agricultural history.

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Part 1 The formation of the landscape and the early hunter-gatherers: the earliest hunters
hunter-gatherers of the Upper Palaeolithic period
readjustment to the new land
the Earlier Mesolithic
the Later Mesolithic
the nature of the man-landscape relationship
territories and mobility. Part 2 The inception of food-producing economies - 4500-3000 B.C.: man and landscape in Wessex
food resources
craft production and exchange
settlements
causewayed enclosures
death and burial
space and society. Part 3 The rise of the individual - 3000-1500 B.C.: the changing landscape
the food-producing economy
craft and production
settlement
ceremonial monuments
death and burial
territoriality
society, social change and the wider world. Part 4 Across the threshold - owning the land - 1500-600 B.C.: settlements of the Deverel Rimbury phase
settlements of the All Cannings Cross phase
the food-producing economy
settlement along the Solent coast and around the Somerset levels
the social significance of pottery
the bronze industry
other crafts and industries
death and burial
ritual and religion
society and social change. Part 5 Tribal society - 600-100 B.C.: the rise of hillforts
the farming settlements of the chalkland
the marshland settlements of Somerset
the agrarian economy
industrial production
ceramic production
ritual and religion
the tribal system. Part 6 The coming of Rome - 100 B.C.-A.D. 80: the expansion of Roman entrepreneurial activities
the question of the Belgae
Caesar and after
the tribal kingdoms
the invasion of A.D. 43 and its aftermath
the rural economy
the development of urban centres
the growth of industry
death, burial and the gods
social and administrative changes. Part 7 The Roman interlude - A.D. 80-350: from Vespasian to Magnentius
civic administration, taxation and money
the towns of Wessex
small towns, markets and spas
the spacing of towns
rural settlement
extractive industries
the pottery industry
some dynamics. Part 8 Return to tribalism - A.D. 350-685: the Barbarian conspiracy and its aftermath - 367-370
the end of centralized government - 370-410
the Saxon settlement in the east - 410-550
the re-emergence of tribalism in the west - 410-600
the introduction of Christianity
towns - 420-650
settlement in the countryside
earthwork boundaries. Part 9 The ascendancy of Wessex - 685-1000: the rise of Wessex - 685-840
the Danish invasions - 840-880
the ascendancy of Wessex - 880-975
mobile kings and royal villas
the nobility
the church
the monastic revival
from ministers to parish churches
Hamwic, overseas trade and the growth of Winchester
the burghs
the countryside
the end of the millennium - 975-1016.

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Wessex -- the ancient counties of Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and Berkshire -- is remarkable for its economic and social cohesion as a region, and for the extraordinary wealth of its ancient remains. In this authoritative survey, Barry Cunliffe sets the great monuments and famous sites in their full cultural context. His chief concern, however, is to interpret the landscape of the region, and the people who over so many centuries created it. In his hands it becomes an archaeological artefact as eloquent as Avebury and Stonehenge themselves.

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List of plates List of figures General preface A Regional History of England Series Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The formation of the landscape and the early hunter-gatherers 2. The inception of food-producing economies: 4500 - 3000 BC 3. The rise of the individual: 3000-1500 BC 4. Across the threshold:1500-600 BC 5. Tribal society: 600-100 BC 6. The coming of Rome: 100 BC - AD 80 7. The Roman Interlude: AD 80 - 350 8. Return to Tribalism: AD 350 - 685 9. The Ascendancy of Wessex: 685 -1000 Appendix: Radiocarbon dates Abbreviations Bibliography Index

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