Alcock, Leslie; Stevenson, S. J.; Musson, C. R. Economy, Society, and Warfare among the Britons and Saxons, C400-C800 A. D. , University Of Chicago Press, 1987.

Illustrated by Maps, Drawings and Photographs. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 0708309631 Dust jacket complete in a clear protective sleeve. Grey cloth with bright silver titling on spine. No ownership inscription. x, 343 pages clean and tight. In 1963, the University of Wales Press published an account of Leslie Alcock's excavation of an early Welsh prince's stronghold at Dinas Powys in Glamorgan. This is the richest fortification of the 5th-8th centuries AD to have been adequately excavated and published anywhere in Celtic Britain. The varied range of finds made it possible to examine economic, social and cultural aspects of early Wales in the light of both archaeological and documentary evidence. The original monograph is now out of print, and the first two parts of the present book therefore comprise a reissue of the core of the classic excavation report, thoroughly revised in the light of advances in knowledge. Leslie Alcock has gone on to explore other fortifications comparable in status and date to Dinas Powys in both Wales and south-west England: most notably Cadbury-Camelot, with its 'Arthurian' associations. Since 1973, as Professor of Archaeology in the University of Glasgow he has further extended his researches to the northern Britons. The third and fourth parts of this book look at these wider areas of the Celtic West, and also at the military relations of the Britons and the invading Saxons, in a series of interrelated excavation summaries and interpretative essays. Finally he brings together the various explorations and interpretations in a chapter of synthesis which originally appeared in his Arthur's Britain. The whole book is lavishly illustrated with maps, drawings and photographs, and the text is supported by an exceptionally extensive bibliography. This is a book not only for university students of archaeology and early history - including adult classes - but also for members of archaeological and historical societies, and for everyone with an interest in the social and economic archaeology and history of Celtic Britain. (Book ref. 125193)  £45.00

The payment methods accepted by the seller, Charles Bossom , are shown in the right-hand column.

Click here to order

Back to search