Globe Pequot / Sheridan House
Pages: 150
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Trim: 7⅛ x 9⅜
978-1-57409-353-7 • Paperback • January 2014 • $14.95 • (£11.95)
Charles Green was a British archaeologist and Vice-President of the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society. He is known particularly for his work on the Roman site at Caister-on-Sea and for his contribution to The Making of the Broads published by the Royal Geographic Society.
Preface
Introduction
I. Preliminary Activity at Sutton Hoo
II. The Ship-Barrow Excavation
III. The Ship and Some Others
IV. The Grave-Goods: I
V. The Grave-Goods: II
VI. The Burial: Who Was He?
VII. North Sea Crossings
VIII. The Anglo-Saxon Settlement of East Anglia
Postscript
Bibliographical Summary
Index
Mr. Charles Green offers an excellent account of the discovery of the Sutton Hoo grave and a description, supplemented by some excellent photographs, of the grave goods...He breaks new ground in his review of the whole troubled question of the design and capabilities of early Anglo-Saxon ships, and his conclusions constitute an important contribution to our understanding of the Anglo-Saxon settlement. (Previous Edition Praise)
— History
A first-class study, at once scholarly and popular. (Previous Edition Praise)
— The Daily Telegraph