Feeding Anglo-Saxon England: the bioarchaeology of an agricultural revolution. (April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hamerow, Helena; Bogaard, Amy; Charles, Mike; Ramsey, Christopher; Thomas, Richard; Forster, Emily; Holmes, Matilda; McKerracher, Mark; Neil, Samantha; Stroud, Elizabeth
• Is Part Of: Antiquity. Volume 93:Number 368(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-04
• Subjects: Anglo-Saxon, -- Middle Ages, -- cereal, -- agriculture; Archaeology -- Periodicals; Antiquities -- Periodicals; 930.05
• DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2019.27
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-598X

Abstract

Abstract: Abstract : The early Middle Ages saw a major expansion of cereal cultivation across large parts of Europe thanks to the spread of open-field farming. A major project to trace this expansion in England by deploying a range of scientific methods is generating direct evidence for this so-called 'Medieval Agricultural Revolution'.