Cottam, Cowlam and Environs: An Anglo-Saxon Estate on The Yorkshire Wolds

Richards, Julian D.; Ashby, Steven P.; Austin, Tony; Haldenby, D.; Hummler, Madeleine; Jelley, Elizabeth; Richardson, Jane; Roskams, Steve; Niven, Kieron

doi:10.1080/00665983.2013.11021005

Archaeological Journal

2013

DOI: 10.1080/00665983.2013.11021005

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Cottam, Cowlam and Environs: An Anglo-Saxon Estate on The Yorkshire Wolds

Julian D. Richards¹,

Steven P. Ashby²,

Tony Austin³

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“… 32. Vince 1993; Young et al 2005, 90; Evans and Loveluck 2009, 369–70; Richards 2013, 208; Hall et al 2014, 559–61; Perry 2016, 76–7. …”

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Torksey After the Vikings: Urban Origins in England

Hadley

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Craig-Atkins³

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In ad 872–3 a large Viking Army overwintered at Torksey, on the River Trent in Lincolnshire. We have previously published the archaeological evidence for its camp, but in this paper we explore what happened after the Army moved on. We integrate the findings of previous excavations with the outcomes of our fieldwork, including magnetometer and metal-detector surveys, fieldwalking and targeted excavation of a kiln and cemetery enclosure ditch. We provide new evidence for the growth of the important Anglo-Saxon town at Torksey and the development of its pottery industry, and report on the discovery of the first glazed Torksey ware, in an area which has a higher density of Late Saxon kilns than anywhere else in England. Our study of the pottery industry indicates its continental antecedents, while stable isotope analysis of human remains from the associated cemetery indicates that it included non-locals, and we demonstrate artefactual links between the nascent town and the Vikings in the winter camp. We conclude that the Viking Great Army was a catalyst for urban and industrial development in Torksey and suggest the need to reconsider our models for Late Saxon urbanism.

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Torksey After the Vikings: Urban Origins in England

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Craig-Atkins³

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Establishing a narrative: a bioarchaeological study of agricultural development in early medieval Yorkshire

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The Scale and Impact of Viking Settlement in Northumbria

Richards¹,

Haldenby²

2018

Medieval Archaeology

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Based on previous research at the winter camp of the Viking Great Army at Torksey and Anglo-Scandinavian settlement at Cottam over 25 categories of metal artefacts are defined as diagnostic of Viking activity in Northumbria. Applying this model to over 15 sites, largely known only from metal-detecting, a common pattern is observed. At the majority, a large and fairly standardised Middle Anglo-Saxon finds assemblage is succeeded by just a few Viking finds, which we attribute to raiding following Halfdan's return to Northumbria with a portion of the Great Army in AD 876. At a smaller number of sites there are also assemblages of Anglo-Scandinavian finds, relating to the establishment of new settlements. The overall picture is of major settlement disruption and dislocation of existing land holdings in the late 9th century. This demonstrates, for the first time from archaeological evidence, the scale and impact of Viking activity in Northumbria.

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Cottam, Cowlam and Environs: An Anglo-Saxon Estate on The Yorkshire Wolds

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Torksey After the Vikings: Urban Origins in England

Torksey After the Vikings: Urban Origins in England

Establishing a narrative: a bioarchaeological study of agricultural development in early medieval Yorkshire

The Scale and Impact of Viking Settlement in Northumbria

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