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7th-century
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Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon artefact
Archaeology
Author_Martin Carver
British archaeology
Burial ground
Burial mound
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Dark Age
Early Medieval
East Anglia
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Medieval Cemetary
Medieval History
Middle Ages
Ship burial
Sutton Hoo
The Dig
Treasure
Product details
- ISBN 9781783272044
- Weight: 588g
- Dimensions: 156 x 244mm
- Publication Date: 16 Jun 2017
- Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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A definitive account of Sutton Hoo, its discovery, history and famed treasure.
The Sutton Hoo ship-burial is one of the most significant finds ever made in Europe. It lies in a burial ground which contains all the elements of archaeological mystery: seventeen mounds, buried treasure, and sacrificed horses. In this very accessible book, Martin Carver explains what we know of this site, at which the leaders of the Dark Age kingdom of East Anglia signalled the pagan and maritime nature of their court. This is the story not only of this dramatic place, but also of its exploration over half a century, which amounts to a potted history of British archaeology.
MARTIN CARVER has been publishing with Boydell since 1993, and is one of the leading archaeologists in Britain, and indeed Europe. He was professor at York from 1986 to 2008. He has been responsible for most of the excavations at Sutton Hoo since the 1970s.
