Cottam

An Anglian and Anglo-Scandinavian settlement on the Yorkshire Wolds

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11613289
AutoresJulian D Richards, Julian Richards (0000-0003-3938-899X, autor de correspondencia), 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
Año1999
Volumen156
Número1
Páginas1-111
Fecha de publicación1999-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArchaeological Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0066-5983 • E-ISSN: 2373-2288
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00665983.1999.11078904
OpenAlexW2036760889
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas30

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

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