Anglo-Saxon Studies, Vol 6

Twelve papers based on an Oxford conference summarising the current state of historical, archaeological and place-name studies for the Early AS period.Table of ContentsForeword (William Filmer-Sankey) The Anglo-Saxon Inscription at St Mary's Church, Breamore, Hampshire (Richard and Fiona Gameson) Early Saxon Saucer Brooches: A Preliminary Overview (Tania M. Dickinson) Fact or Fiction? The written evidence for the fifth and sixth centuries AD (Barbara Yorke) Why Aren't We Speaking Welsh? (Margaret Gelling) Approaches to the Differences between Late Romano-British and Early Anglo-Saxon Archaeology (Simon Esmode Cleary) Archaeology, Early Anglo-Saxon Society and the Origins of Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms (Christopher Scull) Children, Death and the Afterlife in Anglo-Saxon England (Sally Crawford) Contacts Between Ireland and Anglo-Saxon England in the Seventh Century (Elizabeth O'Brien) A Sword Hilt of Horn from the Snape Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, Suffolk (Esther Cameron and William Filmer-Sankey) A Saxon 'Cremation Pyre' from the Snape Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, Suffolk (Shirley Carnegie and William Filmer-Sankey) An Anglo-Saxon Cemetery near West Hindred, Oxon (Helena Hamerow with contributions by Sally Crawford and Catherine Mortimer) The Anglo-Saxon Settlement at Mucking: an interpretation (P. H. Dixon)