This course considers the archaeology of the period when the English language arose and the English state was formed from the various Anglo-Saxon and Viking kingdoms. It was during this period that the current 'Celtic Fringe' of Europe developed in Brittany, Cornwall, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland and the legend s of King Arthur and Beowulf arose. Looking at Post-Roman Britain during the period from around 400 to 1400 AD allows us to examine issues such as continuity versus replacement in biological anthropology, migration versus diffusion in the archaeological record, the relation between archaeological and linguistic entities, the nature of personal and group identities, and the interplay of archaeology and nationalism in the modern world. Contemporary developments in Continental Europe from the end of the Western Roman Empire are also examined.

 

Course Contact: Dr Ash Lenton
E: ash.lenton@anu.edu.au

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

1. Critically evaluate the cultural trends and developments of Post-Roman Britain .
2. Analyze the catalysts driving social and economic life in Post-Roman Britain.
3. Explain key sites and archaeological assemblages in the context of early medieval societies. 
4. Discuss the roles of material culture in the transition from the preceding  Roman period and into the later medieval period in Europe.
5. Explain key debates and controversies in early Medieval European studies.

Required Resources

RESOURCES

The primary textbook for the course is Ken Dark’s (2002 reprint) Britain and the End of the Roman Empire (Tempus Publishing) and it is available from the Co-op Bookshop. Further relevant works will be put on reserve in Chifley Library on 2-hour or 2-day loan, but independent library research will be expected (and rewarded!). Additional readings will be available either as electronic journal downloads from the ANU Library site or will be placed as pdf files on the Wattle site for the course.

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REFERENCING FOR ASSESSMENTS

All academic writing must be referenced. If you use other people’s ideas without referencing them you are plagiarising their work. You should use the Harvard system of referencing within your text. This will take the form: surname, year of publication, page number, and is enclosed within brackets. For example (Esmonde Cleary 2000, 277). At the end of your essay you should provide an alphabetical list of all the works you cite using the following formats:

For books:

Esmonde Cleary, S. 2000. The Ending of Roman Britain. London, Routledge.

For papers in journals:

Braund, D. 1984. Observations on Cartimandua. Britannia 15, 1–6.

For papers in on-line only journals, (please note this is not true where there is a print version which the online journal format copies for example Word Archaeology or all of those accessed though the library)

Buckberry, J. 2000. Missing, Presumed Buried? Bone Diagenesis and the Under-Representation of Anglo-Saxon Children. Assemblage 5. Available at - http://www.shef.ac.uk/assem/5/buckberr.html (viewed 04/05/06)

For papers in edited volumes:

Campbell, E. 1996. The archaeological evidence for external contacts: imports, trade and economy in Celtic Britain AD 400-800. In Dark, K. (ed), External Contacts and the Economy of Late Roman and Post Roman Britain. Woodbridge, Boydell. pp83-96.

Presentation

Reports must be presented in a readable form. They must be word-processed in at least 12pt lettering, with at least 1½ line spacing and wide margins. Images should be presented at a minimum of 200 dpi and should have labels which clearly link to an in text point. Pages should be numbered and remember to complete and attach a departmental assessment cover sheet to hard copy submissions.

CHIFLEY LIBRARY RESERVE FOR ARCH 2037/6037 AND OTHER INTERESTING WORKS

References on Two hour reserve in Chifley

K. Dark 2002 Britain and the end of the Roman Empire. Port Stroud: Tempus. (DA152.D355 2002)

K. Dark 1994 Civitas to Kingdom: British Political Continuity 300-800. Leicester University Press. (DA135.D35 1994)

M.O.H. Carver (ed.) 1992 The Age of Sutton Hoo. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. (DA155.A5 1992)

References on Two day loan in Chifley (on open shelves):

L. Alcock 1987 Economy, Society and Warfare among Britons and Saxons. (DA152.A72.1987)

L. Alcock 1995 Cadbury Castle: the Early Medieval Archaeology. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. (Large DA690.S644.A62 1995)

S. Bassett 1989 The Origins of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms. Leicester University Press. (DA152.O75 1989)

R. Bromwich et al (eds) 1991 The Arthur of the Welsh: The Arthurian Legend in Medieval Welsh Literature. Cardiff: University of Wales Press (PB2208.A78 1991)

A.S.E. Cleary 1989 The Ending of Roman Britain. London: Batsford. (DA145.C52 1989)

K. Dark 1994 Discovery by Design: the Identification of Secular Elite Settlements in Western Britain, AD 400-700. BAR British Series 237 (Large DA90.B74 237)

K. Dark 1996 External Contacts and the Economy of Late Roman and Post-Roman Britain. Rochester: Boydell. (DA135.E95 1996)

N.J. Higham 2002 King Arthur: Myth-making and History. London: Routledge. (DA152.5.A7 H53 2002)

R. Hodges 1989 The Anglo-Saxon Achievement. London: Duckworth. (DA152.H59 1989b)

J.N.L. Myres 1986 The English Settlements. Oxford: Clarendon Press. (DA152.M97 1986)

P. Rahtz et al 1992 Cadbury Congressbury 1968-73: a Late/Post-Roman Hilltop Settlement in Somerset. BAR British Series 223. (Large fDA90.B74 [v.] 223)

C.A. Snyder 1998 An Age of Tyrants: Britain and the Britons A.D. 400-600. Stroud: Sutton. (DA140.S72 1998)

S.J. Allen & E. Amt 2003. The Crusades: A Reader

Journals (not on reserve):

Anglo-Saxon England Chifley Serial DA20.A4 (electronic from 2002).

Antiquity Chifley Serial CC1.A55 ( electronic from 1989).

Britannia Chifley Serial DG11.B7 (electronic from volume 1 in 1970).

Current Archaeology Chifley Serial DA20.C8 (not electronic)

Medieval Archaeology Chifley Serial D111.M46 (electronic from 2001)

Studia Celtica Chifley Serial PB1001.S85 (not electronic, cancelled 1997).

Other references of interest (* = not in ANU)

L.Alcock (1972) ‘By South Cadbury, is that Camelot…’: Excavations at Cadbury Castle 1966-70. London: Thames and Hudson. (DA690.C28.A7)

L. Alcock 1973 Arthur's Britain: History and Archaeology, AD 367-634. Harmondsworth: Penguin. (DA 152.A7)

A. Bammesberger and A. Wollmann (eds) 1990 Britain 400-600: Language and History. Heidleberg: Carl Winter. (DA135.B75 1990)

R. Castleden 2000 King Arthur: the truth behind the legend. London: Routledge. (DA152.5.A7 C37 2000)

T. Charles-Edwards 2003 After Rome. Oxford: OUP. (DA152.A35 2003)

R. Collins 1991 Early Medieval Europe. Basingstoke: Macmillan. (D121.C65 1991)

J. Collis 1997 Celtic Myths. Antiquity 71:195-201.

*B. Cornwell 1995 The Winter King. 1996 Enemy of God. 1998 Excalibur.

D. Dumville 1993 Britons and Anglo-Saxons in the Early Middle Ages. Brookfield: Variorum. (DA135.B77 1993)

N. Edwards 1990 The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland. London: Batsford. (DA930.E38 1990b)

N. Edwards and A. Lane (eds) 1992 The Early Church in Wales and the West: Recent Work in Early Christian Archaeology, History and Place Names. Oxbow Monographs 16.

N. Faulkner 2001 The Decline and Fall of Roman Britain. Stroud: Tempus. (DA145.F38 2001)

M. Lapidge and D. Dumville (eds) 1984 Gildas: New Approaches. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. (PR1974.G45)

L. Laing 2006 The Archaeology of Celtic Britain and Ireland AD400-1200. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (DA140.L32 2006)

R. and V. Megaw 1996 Ancient Celts and Modern Ethnicity. Antiquity 70:175-181.

S. Pearce 1978 The Kingdom of Dumnonia: Studies in History and Tradition in South-Western Britain, AD350-1150. Padstow: Lodenek Press. (DA670.C8.P27)

A. Murray 2000 From Roman to Merovingian Gaul. Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press. (DC60.F93 2000)

D. James Rackham 1994 Environment and Economy in Anglo-Saxon England. York: CBA. (DA155.E58 1994)

P. Sims-Williams 1995 Britain and Early Christian Europe. Brookfield: Variorum. (BR749.S56 1995)

C. Thomas 1971 Britain and Ireland in Early Christian Times, AD400-800. London: Thames and Hudson. (DA152.2.T48)

C. Thomas 1994 And Shall these Mute Stones Speak? Post-Roman Inscriptions in Western Britain. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. (CN993.D46.T46 1994)

M. Todd 1987 The South-West to AD1000. Longman: London. (DA670.W49.T63 1987)

N. Tolstoy 1985 The Quest for Merlin. Boston: Little Brown and Co. (PN686.M4T65 1985)

Class Schedule

Week/Session	Summary of Activities	Assessment
1	A Short History of Britain & Arthur	Assignments 1-4
2	The End of Roman Britain and the Age of Migrations.	Assignments 1-4
3	Death & Burial in Early Anglo-Saxon England.	Assignments 1-4
4	Anglo-Saxon Settlements, Communities & Social Organisation	Assignments 1-4
5	Anglo-Saxon Economy & Urbanism	Assignments 1-4
6	Assignments & Assessment	Assignments 1-4
7	Early Medieval Ritual & Religion	Assignments 1-4
8	Early Medieval Ethnicity & Identities	Assignments 1-4
9	Vikings: the Scandinavian Achievement	Assignments 1-4
10	The Development of Kingship & Feudalism	Assignments 1-4
11	Life & Death in Later Medieval Europe	Assignments 1-4
12	The Medieval Mind & the Medieval Body	Assignments 1-4

Assessment Summary

Assessment task	Value	Due Date	Return of assessment	Learning Outcomes
Annotated Bibliography	10 %	07/04/2019	21/04/2019	1,2,3,4,5
Conference Poster	25 %	26/05/2019	22/06/2019	1,2,3,4,5
Seminar Diary	25 %	26/05/2019	22/06/2019	1,2,3,4,5
Essay	40 %	02/06/2019	22/06/2019	1,2,3,4,5

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Assessment Task 1

Annotated Bibliography

Critically analyse 15 sources for research on your essay question

Assessment Task 2

Conference Poster

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Assessment Task 4

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Research Essay of up to 4000 words

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