Cottam
An Anglian and Anglo-Scandinavian settlement on the Yorkshire Wolds
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11613289 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julian D Richards, Julian Richards (0000-0003-3938-899X, corresponding author), Tony Austin, John A Bateman (0000-0002-7209-9295), John Bateman, Samantha Bell, Kristine Birchall, Don Brothwell, Elaine Campbell (0000-0002-0621-8444), John Carrott, Keith Dobney (0000-0001-9036-4681), Justin Garner-Lahire, G D Gaunt, Geoff Gaunt, Allan Hall, A J Hall, Michael Issitt, Deborah Jaques (0000-0002-9982-3052), Harry Kenward, Frances Large, Annie Milles, Patrick Ottaway, Elizabeth J E Pirie, Elizabeth Pirie, Blaise Vyner, Frances Chaloner |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 156 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-111 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeological Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0066-5983 • E-ISSN: 2373-2288 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00665983.1999.11078904 |
| OpenAlex | W2036760889 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 30 |
The presence of Anglian and Anglo-Scandinavian settlements at Cottam, East Yorkshire, was first indicated in 1987 by numerous finds of copper alloy coins, dress pins and strap ends by metal detector users. This report presents the results of fieldwork carried out on behalf of the Department of Archaeology, University of York, between 1993–95, including fieldwalking, geophysical survey, and excavation. This revealed an enclosure of the eighth to ninth centuries, containing traces of a small number of post-built halls. In the late ninth century this settlement was abandoned. A new enclosed settlement was laid out nearby, which was occupied briefly in the early tenth century. It is argued that the Anglian settlement may have been part of a royal multiple estate but that, as a result of estate reorganization after the Scandinavian setdement, it developed into an independent manor. Cottam is the first so-called ‘productive’ site in the environs of York to be the subject of archaeological investigations. The results suggest that it was a prosperous, but not exceptional site, and that the primary activity was farming, with limited evidence for trade or manufacture. This work prompts a reassessment of the typology of cropmark enclosures and the re-examination of the large number of undated enclosures in the area
Ancient history · Archaeology · Estate · Excavation · Human settlement · Ninth · Political science · Settlement (finance · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Archaeological Studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Law
The Symbolic Lives of Late Anglo-Saxon Settlements
Living with the Dead
Cottam, Cowlam and Environs
Establishing a narrative
Contexts of Learning
The Viking Great Army and its Legacy
Pathways to a Shared European Information Infrastructure for Cultural Heritage
An Anglo‐saxon Execution Cemetery at Walkington Wold, Yorkshire
The Scale and Impact of Viking Settlement in Northumbria
The Winter Camp of the Viking Great Army, Ad 872–3, Torksey, Lincolnshire
Charting the effects of plough damage using metal-detected assemblages
II.— The Saxon Monastery of Whitby
II.— Late Saxon, Viking, and Early Medieval Finds from York
Landscape and land use in northern England
Regular open-field systems on the Yorkshire Wolds
Regular field and tenurial arrangements in Holderness, Yorkshire
Pre-Enclosure Field and Settlement Patterns in an English Township, Wheldrake, near York
Excavations at Heslerton, North Yorkshire 1978–82
Sancton I Anglo-Saxon Cemetery Excavations Carried Out Between 1976 and 1980
Excavation of a Saxon Site at Riby Cross Roads, Lincolnshire
The Anglo-Saxon Monastery at Church Close, Hartlepool, Cleveland
Iron Age Pottery
Cowlam deserted village
A Dark-Age Settlements at Maxey, Northants
The Wharram Research Project
The Late Saxon Town of Thetford
Excavation of a pre-Conquest Cemetery at Addingham, West Yorkshire
Pre-Enclosure Field and Settlement Patterns in an English Township
Some Middle Saxon Pottery Types in Lincolnshire
The Medieval Borough of Torksey
On the dating of two spurs
A Viking Grave at Sonning, Berks
Wharram Percy
The Place-Names of the East Riding of Yorkshire and York
A line of time
A high-status Anglo-Saxon settlement at Flixborough, Lincolnshire
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,46 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2022 (21) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |