Environment and Agriculture of Early Winchester

Professor Martin Biddle, Jane Renfrew, Patrick Ottaway (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

376 Seiten

2022
Archaeopress Archaeology (Verlag)
978-1-80327-066-1 (ISBN)

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This wide-ranging study describes the natural environment of Winchester and its immediate surroundings from the late Iron Age to the early post-medieval period. Historical and archaeological evidence consider humanity's interactions with the environment, fashioning agricultural, gardening and horticultural regimes over a millennium and a half.

This wide-ranging study uses historical and archaeological evidence to consider humanity's interactions with the environment, fashioning agricultural, gardening and horticultural regimes over a millennium and a half. The discussions of archaeological finds of seeds from discarded rubbish including animal fodder and bedding show the wide range of wild species present, as well as cultivated and gathered plants in the diet of inhabitants and livestock. Pollen analyses, and studies of wood, mosses, and beetles, alongside a look at the local natural environment, and comparison with medieval written records give us a tantalizing picture of early Winchester. The earliest record is by Ælfric of Eynsham in his 11th-century Nomina Herbarum. From medieval records come hints of gardens within the city walls, and considerable detail about agriculture and horticulture, and produce brought into the city. Wild fruit and nuts were also being gathered from the countryside for the town’s markets and mills. At St Giles’ Fair exotic imported spices and fruits were also sold. All these sources of evidence are brought together to reveal more fully the roles of agriculture and the environment in the development of Winchester.

Martin Biddle has an extensive archaeological career, but is perhaps most recognized for his excavations in Winchester where he introduced into urban archaeology a multi-period and multi-disciplinary approach employing archaeology, topography and historical archives, treating all periods from the Iron Age to the post-medieval with equal weight. ; Jane Renfrew is a paleoethnobotanist noted for her studies on the use of plants in prehistory, the origin and development of agriculture, food and wine in antiquity, and the origin of the vine and wine in the Mediterranean. ; Patrick Ottaway is a consultant providing specialist advice to commercial and public clients on archaeological and heritage matters. He was Assistant City Archaeologist in Winchester and Head of Fieldwork at York Archaeological Trust. He is author or editor of volumes on excavations in Winchester 1972–86, and of the Urban Archaeological Assessment for Winchester.

Preface ;

I: Introduction and Environment ;

1. Introduction – Martin Biddle, Jane M. Renfrew with contributions by Francis J. Green and Patrick Ottaway ;

2. The Natural Environment of the Winchester Region – Jane M. Renfrew and Patrick Ottaway ;

II: The Written Evidence ;

3. Aelfric's Nomina Herbarum and the Plant Remains from Anglo-Saxon Winchester – Debby Banham ;

4. Agriculture and the Use of Plants in Medieval Winchester: the Documentary Evidence – Derek J. Keene ;

5. Gardens in Medieval and Later Winchester: the Castle, Wolvesey Palace and Eastgate House – Beatrice Clayre and Martin Biddle ;

6. Field Crops and their Cultivation in Hampshire, 1200-1350, in the Light of Documentary Evidence – Jan Z. Titow ;

III: The Archaeological Evidence ;

7. Pollen Analysis of Archaeological Deposits in Winchester – Erwin Isenberg and Jane M. Renfrew ;

8. The Identification and Utilization of Wood in Early Winchester – Suzanne Keene ;

9. The Roman Plant Remains – Peter Murphy ;

10. The Plant Economy and Vegetation of Anglo-Saxon Winchester – Michael Monk ;

11. Plant Remains and Agriculture in Norman and Later Medieval Winchester – Francis J. Green ;

12. Roman and Post-Roman Moss from Lower Brook Street Moss – Dorian Williams and Jane M. Renfrew ;

13. Insect Fauna from Lower Brook Street – Peter J. Osborne ;

14. Conclusion – Patrick Ottaway ;

Concordance of Samples ;

Index 1: General Index ;

Index 2: Insects and Plants

Erscheinungsdatum	28.01.2022
Reihe/Serie	Winchester Studies
Zusatzinfo	64 figures, 81 tables
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	215 x 276 mm
Gewicht	1756 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	1-80327-066-7 / 1803270667
ISBN-13	978-1-80327-066-1 / 9781803270661
Zustand	Neuware