Burton Dassett Southend, Warwickshire: A Medieval Market Village (The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monographs)

Cover
Half Title
Copyright
Table of Contents
List of figures
Acknowledgements
Archive and finds location
Summaries
Abbreviations
1 Introduction and background
	1.1 Project origins and aims
	1.2 Post-excavation to publication
	1.3 Archaeological background
	1.4 Burton Dassett place-names
	1.5 Medieval period investigations in the environs of Burton Dassett
	1.6 Summary of geology and soils
	1.7 Burton Dassett: its origins and development
	1.8 Later documentary evidence
	1.9 Fieldwork scope and methodology
	1.10 Earthwork survey
	1.11 Interpretative considerations of excavation data
	1.12 Fieldwalking
2 The archaeological sequence
	2.1 Pre-medieval activity
	2.2 Beginnings of Southend: 12th to early 13th century
	2.3 Occupation of new tenements south of the road
	2.4 Planned settlement Phase 2, late 13th century
	2.5 The chapel
	2.6 The apogee of Chipping Dassett in the early 14th century
	2.7 The later 14th century: beginnings of decline
	2.8 The early 15th century
	2.9 Mid- to late 15th century
	2.10 The later 15th century
	2.11 The abandonment of Southend and its aftermath (AD 1495 onwards)
3 Spatial organisation and the buildings at Southend
	3.1 Spatial organisation
	3.2 The buildings at Southend
	3.3 Metallurgical analysis of smithing residues
4 Daily life and economy at Southend
	4.1 Daily life
	4.2 Economy
5 Conclusion
	5.1 Burton Dassett Southend: a summary
	5.2 A changing research context
	5.3 Review of research aims
	5.4 Other topics of interest
	5.5 Cautionary tales
	5.6 Direction and aspirations for future work
Bibliography
Index