Books written by Neil Christie

Transforming Townscapes: From Burh to Borough: the Archaeology of Wallingford, AD 800-1400

Place-names in ford are very common, and some of them are undoubtedly early: there are nine recorded in texts which date to AD 731 or earlier (Cox 1975–76, 59). While Wallingford's ford is on a long-distance medieval route (the Portway, ...
From Constantine to Charlemagne: An Archaeology of Italy AD 300–800

Also in Campania, the area of Buccino (Roman Volcei) traversed by the via Popilia between Salerno and Cosenza 'had a high rural population level during the Roman period with ... a few wellpresented villas like S. Nicola were evident.
Vrbes Extinctae: Archaeologies of Abandoned Classical Towns

White , D. ( 1984 ) The Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone at Cyrene , Libya . Final Reports , Volume 1 : Background and Introduction to the Excavations ( Philadelphia ) . White , D. ( 1993 ) The Extramural Sanctuary of ...
Urban Transformations in the Late Antique West: Materials, Agents, and Models

O Livro do Tempo: Escritas e reescritas. Teatro Greco-Latino e sua recepção I (Coimbra e São Paulo, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra e Annablume, 2016). 40. Maria de Fátima Sousa e Silva, Maria do Céu Grácio Zambujo Fialho & José ...
Interpreting Transformations of People and Landscapes in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages: Archaeological Approaches and Issues

Nineteen leading European archaeologists discuss and interpret the complex evolution of landscapes - both urban and rural - across Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.
Medieval Rural Settlement: Britain and Ireland, Ad 800-1600

This book is a major assessment and review of the origins, forms and evolutions of medieval rural settlement in Britain and Ireland across the period c. AD 800-1600.
Fortified Settlements in Early Medieval Europe: Defended Communities of the 8th-10th Centuries

San Vincenzo al Volturno 2: The 1980–86 Excavations, Part II, 1–19. ... The Rise and Fall of San Vincenzo al Volturno. London, Duckworth. ... Hodges, R., Leppard, S. and Mitchell, J. (2011a) San Vincenzo Maggiore and its Workshops.
Towns and Their Territories Between Late Antiquity and the Early Middles Ages

The principal focus of the new monastery was the main abbey church , S. Vincenzo Maggiore , a huge structure , an aisled ... furthermore , the excavation of the area of the workshops has shown that the San Vincenzo monks enjoyed an ...
Fortified Settlements in Early Medieval Europe: Defended Communities of the 8th-10th Centuries

Bibliography Agallopoulou, P. (1973) Palaiokastritsa. Archaiologikon Deltion 22.2, 423–444. Barla, X. (1965) Anaskaphai Kephalou Ambrakikou. Praktika tes en Athenais Archaiologikes Etaireias tes Ellados 120, 78–84.
War and Warfare in Late Antiquity

This collection of papers, arising from the Late Antique Archaeology conference series, explores war and warfare in Late Antiquity.
Landscapes of Change: Rural Evolutions in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

Landscapes of Change is essential reading for anyone wanting an up-to-date summary of the results of archaeological and historical investigations into the changing countryside of the late Roman, late antique and early medieval world, ...
Landscapes of Change: Rural Evolutions in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

These essays address themes of continuity and change, the impact of insecurity, the role of the Church, structures of living, and perceptions of change, in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages.
Towns in Transition: Urban Evolution in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

This is a close and coherent examination of the evolution and transformation of towns between AD 300 and 900 within the borders of the old Roman Empire.The so-called 'Dark Ages'...