Approaching Interdisciplinarity : Archaeology, History and the Study of Early Medieval Britain, c.400-1100

Papers from the conference held at the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of York, England, in November 2006. Contents: 1) Preface (Julian D. Richards); 2) A dialogue of the deaf and the dumb: archaeology, history and philology (Alex Woolf); 3) The practical implications of interdisciplinary approaches: researches in Anglo-Saxon East Anglia (Morn Capper); 4) Archaeology, history and economics: exploring everyday life in Anglian Deira (Caroline Holas-Clark); 5) The end of Anglo-Saxon furnished burial: an interdisciplinary perspective (Zoë L. Devlin); 6) Sculpture and lordship in Late Saxon Suffolk: the evidence of Ixworth (Mike F. Reed); 7) Reassessing remoteness: Irelands western off-shore islands in the early medieval period (Sharon A. Greene); 8) Romans go home? An archaeological and historical exploration of the cult of the saints in late antique Britain (Michael Garcia); 9) Alcuin of York on wisdom and Mary: texts and buildings (Sarah Boss); 10) Approaching interdisciplinarity (Zoë L. Devlin).