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The Dating of Hamwih: Saxon Southampton Reconsidered

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2011

John F. Cherry  and
Richard Hodges
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Summary

This paper briefly reviews the historical and artefactual evidence for the dating of the Middle Saxon settlement of Hamwih, Saxon Southampton. This is followed by a seriation of twenty selected pit-groups, each with varying quantities of the five classes of Middle Saxon pottery. The analysis suggests three clusters of pits, some of which can be dated using coins or ceramics found in them. The span of dates, however, is substantially shorter than has previously been proposed, and some possible explanations for this are briefly discussed.

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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 58 , Issue 2 , September 1978 , pp. 299 - 309
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1978

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