Material Culture of the Built Environment

Volume II of the The Material Culture of Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World has been published, with contributions by several members of the EMA.

The Material Culture of the Built Environment introduces students of Anglo-Saxon culture to some of the realities of the built environment that surrounded Anglo-Saxon peoples through reference to archaeological and textual sources.

In Chapter 5 Michael Shapland examines 'The Cuckoo and the Magpie: 'The Building Culture of the Anglo-Saxon Church''

Chapter 7, by Sarah Semple and Howard Williams, is entitled 'Landmarks of the Dead: Exploring Anglo-Saxon Mortuary Geographies'

And in Chapter 10 John Baker and Stuart Brookes make a contribution entitled 'Signalling Intent: Beacons, Lookouts and Military Communications'