The Archaeology of Medieval EnglandBritish Museum Publications, 1984 - 224 pages |
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Page 131
... throughout the medieval period . The equipment needed for spinning by hand was simple : a wooden rod ( distaff ) on which to carry the raw wool , another wooden rod often slightly thicker in the middle and hooked at one end ( spindle ) ...
... throughout the medieval period . The equipment needed for spinning by hand was simple : a wooden rod ( distaff ) on which to carry the raw wool , another wooden rod often slightly thicker in the middle and hooked at one end ( spindle ) ...
Page 139
... throughout medieval Europe was that known as the ' turn- shoe ' in which the upper , often of supple goatskin , was sewn onto the sole , normally of cow - hide , and then the whole turned inside out so that the sewn seam was concealed ...
... throughout medieval Europe was that known as the ' turn- shoe ' in which the upper , often of supple goatskin , was sewn onto the sole , normally of cow - hide , and then the whole turned inside out so that the sewn seam was concealed ...
Page 150
... throughout the Middle Ages , and most excavated pottery kilns ( for example , fifty - four out of the sixty- two ... throughout the Middle Ages and , although regional differences can be discerned either by eye or through scientific ...
... throughout the Middle Ages , and most excavated pottery kilns ( for example , fifty - four out of the sixty- two ... throughout the Middle Ages and , although regional differences can be discerned either by eye or through scientific ...
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Abbey Anglo-Saxon appear Archaeol archaeological archaeological evidence areas aspects Benedictine Beresford Biddle buildings built carried castles centres changing church Cistercian clay cloth common concentrated construction continued crofts discovered distribution documentary documentation domestic early eleventh England English evidence example excavation farm fields firing floor foundations fourteenth Goltho ground historical houses illustrated important increased indicate individual industry instance interest iron kilns known land late later London materials Medieval Archaeology medieval towns medieval village mentioned methods Middle Ages moated sites monasteries monastic motte needed Norman occupied orders origins parish particularly past peasant period population possible pottery present preserved probably produced question reasons recent remains result seems seen settlement shown sources standing stone Street structures suggest Sulgrave surrounded thirteenth century throughout tiles timber tion tower towns trade twelfth urban usually walls Winchester