Islands in Wilderness

The Changing Medieval Use of the East Anglian Peat Fens, England

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12653624
AutoresRachel Ballantyne (0000-0002-6506-3163, Department of Archaeology, autor de correspondencia)
Año2004
Volumen9
Número2
Páginas189-198
Fecha de publicación2004-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEnvironmental Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1461-4103 • E-ISSN: 1749-6314
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1179/env.2004.9.2.189
OpenAlexW1993568762
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas14

Archaeobotanical remains from an excavated 'low-status' Medieval rural settlement on the fen-edge at Ely, East Anglia, England, are presented as new evidence for the relationship between farming and collected fen resources. During the Early Medieval phases of the settlement (early 8th to early 12th centuries) there is little evidence for use of fen. The assemblage is compared with other bioarchaeological and historical evidence for Medieval subsistence within the Fenland and East Anglia. It is argued that cultural values, the role of the monasteries and broader Medieval economic trends must be considered when interpreting the pattern identified at Ely

Agriculture · Archaeological evidence · Archaeology · Assemblage (archaeology · Geography · Human settlement · Peat · Settlement (finance · Subsistence agriculture · Taphonomy · Wilderness · Zooarchaeology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Ecology