Random Pick

Here’s a tempting selection of four books chosen at random from our extensive back catalogue. Refresh the page to see more exciting volumes!

Pottery in Medieval Southampton

Pottery in medieval Southampton: c 1066–1510

by Duncan H Brown

RR137 cover This Research Report offers a comprehensive catalogue, analysis and interpretation of a major assemblage of post-Conquest medieval pottery.

Accompanied by over 350 individual vessel drawings, the study also offers a wide variety of analytical methods that extend the impact of the research beyond a regional investigation.

Laying the Foundations

A history and archaeology of the Trent Valley sand and gravel industry

by Tim Cooper

Trent Valley cover The aggregates industry is perhaps the quintessential industry of the 20th century, quite literally shaping our world, but its history and archaeology have arguably been neglected. In this ground-breaking new book, the author Tim Cooper attempts to redress the balance with an in-depth but accessible study of the sand and gravel industry of the Trent Valley in the English Midlands.

The Hamwic Glass

by JR Hunter & MP Heyworth

Hamwic glass cover The assemblage of Middle-Saxon glass fragments from the settlement at Saxon Hamwic (Southampton) ranks as one of the most important of its period anywhere in Europe.

Continental and Mediterranean Imports to Atlantic Britain and Ireland, AD 400–800

by Ewan Campbell

Imports cover From the 5th to 8th centuries AD there was a flourishing trade network linking the Atlantic coasts of Britain and Ireland to the Mediterranean and north-west Europe, bringing imported pottery and glass as well as new ideas from these areas.