Containing contributions from S. Davies, S. Gieve, F. Green, B. Grimley, J. Hawkes, J. Mills, A. D. Morton, and I. D. Riddler.
Contains reports on seventy-three sites investigated over a thirty-seven year period and provides the first broad synthesis of the evidence since the advent of large, long-term excavations. Some reference to work undertaken up to 1987 is made where relevant and finds information is included only where it reflects on the interpretation of a site or its features. Those sites considered of relatively greater 'importance' appear in the main text, with the remainder on microfiche. Opening notes discuss variations on the name 'Hamwic' and introduce the available evidence, from seventeenth century documentary sources through to modern excavation results. A synthesis of this evidence then provides an outline of the development and extent of the settlement, street layout, properties, cemeteries, churches, industry, trade, the waterfront, the status of Hamwic and later occupation evidence. The second part of the volume comprises the excavation reports.
Author(s): Alan D. Morton (ed.)
Series: Council for British Archaeology. CBA Research Reports, 84. Southampton Archaeology Monographs, 5
Publisher: Council for British Archaeology
Year: 1992
Language: English
Pages: 428
City: London
Contents (pp i-v)
List of figures (pp v-viii)
List of plates (p viii)
List of tables (p viii)
Microfiche contents (p ix)
Acknowledgements (pp xi-xii)
List of contributors (p xii)
Preface (p xiii)
Preliminary notes (ADM) (pp 1-3)
Spellings (p 1)
Hamwic and Hamtun (p 1)
Clausentum (pp 1-2)
Middle Saxon and medieval (p 2)
A concordance of site numbers (pp 2-3)
The rediscovery of the evidence (ADM) (pp 4-15)
Before 1770 (p 4)
1770 1945 (pp 4-10)
1946 1959 (pp 10-12)
1960 1967 (pp 12-13)
1968 1971 (pp 13-14)
1971 1987 (pp 14-15)
The nature of the evidence (ADM) (pp 16-19)
Written records (p 16)
Drawings (p 16)
Photographs (pp 16-17)
Opening the site (p 17)
Interpreting the features (pp 17-18)
Recovery rates (pp 18-19)
The material archive (p 19)
A systhesis of the evidence (ADM) (pp 20-77)
Natural topography (pp 20-26)
Dating the origin of Hamwic (pp 26-28)
Villa regalis (pp 28-29)
Extent of Hamwic (pp 29-30)
Layout of Hamwic (pp 30-55)
Population (p 55)
Industries (pp 55-58)
Husbandry, agriculture, and fishing (pp 58-59)
Trade (pp 59-68)
Status (pp 68-70)
The disappearance of Hamwic (pp 70-77)
Excavation reports: introduction (ADM) (p 78)
SOU 4, supplementary report (ADM) (pp 79-80)
SOU 7 (ADM) (pp 81-86)
SOU 8 (ADM) (pp 87-95)
SOU 9 and SOU 17 (ADM) (pp 96-100)
SOU 10 (ADM) (pp 101-104)
SOU 11 (ADM) (pp 105-120)
SOU 13 (ADM) (pp 121-141)
SOU 14 (ADM) (pp 142-153)
SOU 16, SOU 21, and SOU 22 (ADM) (pp 154-166)
SOU 18 (ADM) (pp 167-170)
SOU 32 (ADM) (pp 171-184)
SOU 34 and 35 (ADM) (pp 185-194)
SOU 36 (ADM) (pp 195-204)
SOU 43 (ADM) (pp 205-207)
SOU 99 (SD and JH) (pp 208-220)
Bibliography (pp 221-230)
Index (pp 231-237)
Microfiche Sheet 1
Microfiche Sheet 2
