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Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 List of Illustrations 12 Preface and Acknowledgements 18 Source Citation Conventions 22 Abbreviations 24 PART I: Contexts 26 Chapter 1: Exploring Anglo-Saxon Landscapes 28 History, Geography, and Place Names 28 The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon Settlements before the 1990s 37 Gathering Knowledge: Academic Research, Contract Archaeology, and the Present Project 39 Archaeology, History, Ethnography, and Reality 43 The Scope and Themes of the Present Study 45 Chapter 2: Defining Anglo-Saxon Landscapes 47 Geography, Environment, and Older Human Landscapes 47 Regional Diversity in Settlement and Material Culture 49 Looking Westward: British, Irish, and Pictish Contexts for English Building Culture 60 Looking Eastward: Scandinavian, Frisian, and Frankish Contexts for English Building Culture 65 Self-Shaping 71 Visible and Invisible Building Cultures: What Did Houses Really Look Like? 76 In the Glare of the Headlamps: Pottery, Wooden Vessels, and the Distortions of Survival 92 Order in the Built Environment: Monuments, Planning, and Linear Modules 95 A Regional Framework for This Book 96 A Chronological Framework for This Book 98 Chapter 3:
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