List of Figures ; Preface and Acknowledgements ; Chapter 1: Introduction ; Part I: Great Hall Complexes in Comparison ; Chapter 2: The Characteristics and Functions of Great Hall Complexes ; Chapter 3: The Emergence, Development and Obsolescence of Great Hall Complexes ; Part II: Great Hall Complexes in Context ; Power and Place in the Upper Thames Valley ; Chapter 4: Burial Methodology ; Chapter 5: Power in Burial ; Chapter 6: Settlement Methodology ; Chapter 7: Power in Settlement ; Chapter 8: Great Hall Complexes in Context ; Appendix 1: The Cemeteries ; Appendix 2: The Burials Methodology ; Appendix 3: The Settlements (including cropmark sites) ; Bibliography ; Primary Sources ; Secondary Sources
Summary
This book explores the role of great hall complexes in kingdom formation through an expansive and ambitious study, incorporating new fieldwork, new quantitative methodologies and new theoretical models for the emergence of high-status settlements and the formation and consolidation of supra-regional socio-political units
