Life and Economy at Early Medieval Flixborough, C. AD 600-1000 · the Artefact Evidence by Christopher, Loveluck -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents List of Figures List of Plates List of Contributors to the Flixborough Volumes Summary Zusammenfassung Résumé Acknowledgements Preface and Introduction Chapter 1: Dress and Personal Items

1.1 Brooches 1.2 Strap-ends 1.3 The hooked tags 1.4 Buckles:

Non-ferrous buckles and other belt fittings Iron buckles and belt fittings

1.5 Jewellery 1.6 Toilet implements 1.7 Medical items 1.8 The pins 1.9 Tool-marks and finishing details on non-ferrous, surface-coated and inlaid objects, including dress items 1.10 Combs

Chapter 2: Consumption of Luxuries : The Glas and Copper Alloy Vesels

2.1 Glass vessels 2.2 Analysis of chemical compositions of the glass 2.3 Copper alloy vessels and container mounts

Chapter 3: Artefacts Relating to Specialist Activities

3.1 Horse equipment 3.2 Weapons and armour 3.3 Writing and literacy-related items:

The styli A decorated silver plaque, possibly from a book cover The inscribed objects

3.4 Possible liturgical objects: Iron bells and bell clappers

Chapter 4: Building Materials and Fittings

4.1 Structural ironwork and fittings 4.2 Structural fired clay or daub 4.3 Window glass and lead cames 4.4 Other building materials

Chapter 5: Domestic Fittings and Implements

5.1 Iron domestic fixtures, fittings and implements 5.2 Iron locks and keys 5.3 Copper alloy keys 5.4 Miscellaneous copper-alloy fixtures and fittings 5.5 Miscellaneous lead and lead alloy objects 5.6 Miscellaneous iron fixtures and fittings:

Knives Appendix 1. Metallographic examination of knife blades

5.7 Bone and antler implements and utensils 5.8 Hones and sharpening stones

A note on the geology of the hones

5.9 Stone lamps 5.10 A possible carved chalk vessel

Chapter 6: Cultivation, Crop Processing and Food Procurement

6.1 Agricultural tools 6.2 Querns

A note on the geology of the sandstone querns A note on the lava querns from Flixborough

6.3 Evidence for fishing and netting birds

Iron fish hooks

Chapter 7: Woodworking, the tool hoard and its lead containers

7.1 Woodworking tools 7.2 The Flixborough tool hoard 7.3 The lead vessels housing the Flixborough tool hoard

Chapter 8: Leatherworking

8.1 Leatherworking tools

Chapter 9: Textile Production

9.1 Introduction 9.2 Fibre processing 9.3 Spinning

A note on the geology of the stone spindle whorls

9.4 Weaving 9.5 Cutting and stitching

Shears Needles Rubbing stones

9.6 Summary Selective catalogue

Chapter 10: Ironworking

10.1 Artefacts and objects relating to ironworking 10.2 Ironworking debris and manufacturing processes

Visual examination of the slags and metalworking debris Distribution of metalworking debris by period within the occupation sequence Physico-chemical analysis of debris

Chapter 11: Non-Ferrous Metalworking

11.1 The crucible and mould fragments 11.2 Other fired clay objects 11.3 Surface analysis of crucible and mould fragments 11.4 Copper alloy manufacturing debris 11.5 Evidence for leadworking

Chapter 12: The Anglo-Saxon Pottery

12.1 Introduction 12.2 Early to Middle Anglo-Saxon handmade wares

12.2.1 Charnwood (CHARN) 12.2.2 Organic-tempered fabrics (ECHAF) 12.2.3 Iron-tempered fabrics (FE) 12.2.4 Sandstone-tempered fabrics (SST) 12.2.5 Local Anglo-Saxon fabrics (ESAXLOC) 12.2.6 Greensand-tempered fabrics (ESGS) 12.2.7 Sparry calcite-tempered fabrics (SPARC) 12.2.8 Anglo-Saxon non-local fabrics (ESAXX)

12.3 Middle Saxon wares

12.3.1 Northern Maxey-type ware 12.3.2 Other shell-tempered Middle Saxon fabrics 12.3.3 Ipswich ware 12.3.4 Imported pottery from continental Europe

12.4 The Late Saxon Pottery

12.4.1 Lincoln Kiln-type shelly ware (LKT) 12.4.2 Torksey and Torksey-type ware 12.4.3 Other Late Saxon fabrics

12.5 The site pottery sequence

Pottery catalogue

12.6 The Anglo-Saxon pottery from Flixborough within the context of the East Midlands of England, AD 650–1000

12.6.1 Late 7th and early 8th century 12.6.2 The 8th century 12.6.3 The 9th to 11th centuries

Chapter 13: The Anglo-Saxon Coins, Mensuration Weights and Ingots

13.1 The Anglo-Saxon and medieval coins from Flixborough

The Northumbrian coins

13.2 Investigative conservation of the sceattas and stycas 13.3 Silver ingot for bullion-based exchange 13.4 Lead and lead alloy mensuration weights

Chapter 14: Prehistoric, Romano-British and High Medieval Remains

14.1 Prehistoric remains

14.1.1 Prehistoric lithic material 14.1.2 The hammer stone 14.1.3 Prehistoric pottery 14.1.4 The sling-shots

14.2 Romano-British remains

14.2.1 The Roman coins 14.2.2 The Romano-British pottery 14.2.3 The Romano-British ceramic building materials 14.2.4 A copper alloy penannular brooch 14.2.5 A Romano-British sculpted stone fragment 14.2.6 A stone pestle 14.2.7 The jet pin

14.3 High Medieval and later remains

14.3.1 Medieval and later pottery 14.3.2 Medieval and later non-ferrous metal objects 14.3.3 Medieval and later objects of iron 14.3.4 A medieval lead alloy spoon fragment 14.3.5 The medieval stone roof tile 14.3.6 Medieval and later coins

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