Book 2013

Anglo-Saxon Graves and Grave Goods of the 6th and 7th Centuries AD

Alex Bayliss John Hines Karen Hoilund Nielsen Gerry McCormac Christopher Scull

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Language: English
Published: 2013

Funeral rites and ceremonies
England, social life and customs
History
Grave goods
Dating
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon
Mobilier funéraire
Datation

The early Anglo-Saxon Period is characterised archaeologically by the regular deposition of artefacts in human graves in England. The scope for dating these objects and graves has long been studied, but it has typically proved easier to identify and enumerate the chronological problems of the material than to solve them.