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1 online resource (616 pages) |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; Summary; Résumé; Zusammenfassung; Riassunto; Resumé; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 The Archaeological Study of Early Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries; 1.1 Graves, Grave Goods and Chronology; 1.2 Artefacts and Typology; 1.2.1 Typology as mode of thought and method of analysis; 1.2.2 Artefact typology in Early Anglo-Saxon archaeology; 1.3 Periodization; 1.3.1 Concepts and principles; 1.3.2 Periodization in Anglo-Saxon archaeology: a brief history; 1.3.3 The present situation; 2 Dating Methods and their Modelling |
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2.1 Methodological Introduction2.2 Radiocarbon Dating of the 6th and 7th Centuries AD; 2.2.1 High-precision radiocarbon dating; 2.2.2 Calibration; 2.2.3 Quality assurance; 2.2.4 Fractionation, reservoir effects and other potential age-offsets; 2.3 Seriation and Correspondence Analysis; 2.3.1 Introduction; 2.3.2 Seriation by correspondence analysis: an introduction; 2.3.3 How does correspondence analysis work?; 2.3.4 The presentation of the results; 2.4 Bayesian Chronological Modelling; 2.4.1 The Bayesian approach; 2.4.2 The components of a Bayesian chronological model |
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2.4.3 Model construction2.4.4 Model calculation; 2.4.5 Model validation; 2.4.6 Model comparison; 2.4.7 Model outputs; 2.5 Methodological Summary; 3 The Project; 3.1 Background and Context; 3.2 Project Approval, Planning and Management; 3.2.1 Aims; 3.2.2 Methods; 3.2.3 Working practice; 3.2.4 Timescale, project stages, review and re-design; 3.2.5 Project management and assurance; 3.3 Project History; 3.3.1 Stage 1 (MAIN) : 1998-2006; 3.3.2 Stage 2 (ARCV): 2005-6; 3.3.3 Stages 3 and 4 (ANL): 2006-13; 3.4 Issues Encountered and Lessons Learned; 3.4.1 Communication; 3.4.2 Ways of working |
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3.4.3 Equipment capacity and performance3.4.4 Programming and personnel capacity; 3.4.5 Availability and suitability of human skeletal remains; 4 The Human Skeletons; 4.1 A Note on the Osteology of the Human Burials; 4.1.1 Methods; 4.1.2 Results; 4.2 Carbon and Nitrogen Stable-isotope and Amino-acid Screening for Quality Assurance; 4.2.1 Carbon/nitrogen (C:N) ratios; 4.2.2 Amino-acid analysis; 4.2.3 Discussion of stable-isotope and amino-acid results for quality assurance; 4.3 Stable Isotopes and Diet; 4.3.1 Dietary analysis; 4.4 Anglo-Saxon Diets: The Effects of Sex, Age and Geography |
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4.5 Conclusions5 Typology; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 BU: Buckles and belt-fittings; 5.3 SB: Shield Bosses; 5.4 SP: Spearheads; 5.5 SW: Swords and Scabbard-mounts; 5.6 Seaxes, Seax-pommels, and Sheath-fittings; 5.7 BE: Beads; 5.8 PE: Pendants; 5.9 WR: Wire Rings; 5.10 BR: Brooches; 5.11 PI: Dress Pins; 5.12 Accessories, tools, personal equipment and vessels; 6 Interpretative Chronologies for the Male Graves; 6.1 Radiocarbon Dates; 6.2 An Archaeological Model; 6.3 Male Artefact-types; 6.3.1 Currencies; 6.3.2 Phyletic seriation; 6.4 Seriation by Correspondence Analysis |
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6.4.1 Constructing and phasing a sequence |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon.
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Civilization, Anglo-Saxon
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hines, John
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Hoilund-Nielsen, Karen
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McCormac, Gerry
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Scull, Christopher
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| ISBN |
9781351576468 |
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1351576461 |
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