Fitts The Deserted Medieval Village of Cottam and the Settlement Matrix Model

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4632-3318-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten

Reihe: Digital Technologies and the Ancient World

This volume introduces the concept of the Settlement Matrix, a heuristic model that connects the analysis of the symbolic and practical aspects of human culture by placing them both within the same spaces defined by a settlement and its support area. The settlement matrix model examines each venue of daily life from the house to the settlement to the field system as integral parts of a single cultural construct, the settlement matrix. By defining discrete spaces and a way to connect them, the settlement matrix model provides a way to combine technologies like GIS with current archaeological theory.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fitts, William R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Table of Contents (page 5)
- List of Illustrations (page 9)
- Acknowledgments (page 11)
- 1 Introduction (page 13)
- 2 English Medieval Villages (page 19)
- Deserted Villages (page 19)
- The Desertion of Three Yorkshire Villages (page 25)
- The English Medieval Village (page 30)
- 3 Elements of the English Medieval Village (page 45)
- The Village's Fields (page 45)
- The Houses of the Medieval Village (page 52)
- The Form of the Medieval Village (page 59)
- Conclusion (page 65)
- 4 The Deserted Medieval Village of Cottam (page 67)
- The History of Cottam (page 68)
- The Archaeology of Cottam (page 79)
- Conclusion (page 162)
- 5 The Settlement Matrix Model (page 163)
- The Cultural Use of Space (page 163)
- Archaeological Examples (page 165)
- The Setting (page 169)
- Linking Settings (page 170)
- A Medieval Village's Settlement Matrix (page 179)
- The Elements of the Settlement Matrix (page 180)
- 6 The Settlement Territory (page 183)
- Landscapes (page 183)
- The Settlement Territory and Landscapes (page 190)
- Regions (page 191)
- Describing a Settlement Territory (page 194)
- Conclusion (page 198)
- 7 Elements of the Settlement Matrix (page 201)
- Settlements (page 201)
- Economic Studies of Settlements (page 203)
- Spatial Studies of Settlements (page 204)
- Field Systems (page 208)
- Houses (page 210)
- Roads and Remote Resources (page 217)
- Conclusion (page 219)
- 8 Cottam's Settlement Matrix (page 221)
- Cottam's Phase 1 Settlement Matrix (page 221)
- Cottam's Phase 2 Settlement Matrix (page 233)
- Cottam Phase 3 (page 234)
- Cottam Phase 4 (page 237)
- Phase 5 (page 239)
- Phase 6 (page 241)
- Conclusion (page 243)
- Appendix A: Feature Chronology and Descriptions (page 245)
- References (page 309)
- Index (page 325)