Anglo-Saxon Trading Centres: Beyond the Emporia

A collection of papers from archaeologists working on the predominantly coastal trading centres of Anglo-Saxon England, known as emporia. Some concentrate on specific sites while others give broader overviews of the economics underlying emporia. Contents: Beyond the emporia (Mike Anderton) , Production, trade and consumption in middle-Saxon England (Paul Blinkhorn) , Metalwork and the emporia (David Hinton) , Wics, trade and the hinterlands (John Newman) , Hamwic in its context (Alan Morton) , the Russes, the Byzantines and middle-Saxon emporia (Alex Woolf) , Illusory emporia and mad economic theories