The Sutton Hoo Story :Encounters with Early England

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The Sutton Hoo Story

The Sutton Hoo Story :Encounters with Early England

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Description

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.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9781783272044
ISBN10 178327204X
Number Of Pages 256
Item Weight 588 g
Publisher / Reseller Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format paperback
Edition Paperback original
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The most up-to-date and comprehensive study of Sutton Hoo available. * ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL *
Accessible, affordable and pitched to a wide audience. * TOEBI *
Provides a holistic, multi-period review of Sutton Hoo and an authoritative account of its archaeological history. This attractive and very readable overview brings readers up-to-date on this remarkable site. * INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY *
This attractive, beautifully illustrated and well laid out soft-covered edition is worthy of our attention. * SUFFOLK VIEW *
An up-to-date interpretive handbook. * SAXON *

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Author's Bio

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.

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