A Corpus Of Anglo-Saxon Material From Suffolk
by Stanley West
East Anglian Archaeology 84
Suffolk County
Council 1998
373pp, l59figs, 20pls.
It is eighty years since a comprehensive survey of Suffolk
Anglo-Saxon material was published by R. A. Smith in the
Victoria County History, and thirty years since R.
Rainbird-Clarke's provocative discussion in his East Anglia.
The great surge of interest that has occurred since the 1950s -
excavations, field surveys, and the rapidly increasing reported
discoveries - combine to make a new survey and catalogue highly
desirable. The Corpus includes as much of the previously
unpublished material as possible, but the treatment of some
categories of finds, particularly from the recently published
sites, has had to be selective.
The work is essentially a catalogue, presented at a time of
rapidly-changing views and approaches to the Anglo-Saxons and the
appreciation of their ongoing contribution to our heritage. It is
intended that it should be used as a primary source for the
artefacts and their distribution in Suffolk as a basis for the
greater understanding of the mechanics of the establishment and
development of Anglo-Saxon Anglia.
Price: £33.00 (£37.00 including postage and packing - UK only).
Cheques made payable to 'Suffolk County Council'.
Available from:
Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
9-10 Churchyard
Shire Hall
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 1RX
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