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Shrewsbury: An Archaeological Assessment of an English Border Town

Shrewsbury is one of England's most celebrated historic towns, renowned for its black and white timber-framed buildings, the Old Market Hall, the Abbot's House on Butcher Row and picturesque, winding, ancient streets. But the paradox of Shrewsbury is that this extraordinarily rich townscape has until recently seen less archaeological investigation than others, more damaged and compromised, elsewhere. This book is the first to pose the question - how far has the archaeological investigation of the town progressed?
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Burial in Later Anglo-Saxon England, c.650-1100 AD

The last decade has seen the publication of many important works demonstrating that the simplistic view of later Anglo-Saxon burial as uniform and uninteresting is no longer tenable. This book brings together papers by leading researchers in the field and illustrates the diversity of approaches being used to study the burials of this period. Out Now!