International Perspectives in Medieval Archaeology: selected papers from EMASS in London, 2012

Tom Williams, Guest Editor This collection presents a selection of the best papers delivered at the Early Medieval Archaeology Student Symposium (EMASS) held at UCL’s Institute of Archaeology in May 2012. Its subjects range widely in geographical and chronological focus, but are unified in representing the cutting-edge of post-graduate research in the field of Medieval Archaeology and related disciplines. This special volume of PIA is supplemented by reviews of recent publications in the field, an overview of recent research projects on medieval topics undertaken at the Institute of Archaeology and a full list of abstracts of the papers presented at EMASS 2012. Collection Articles

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Continuing Landscape, Continuing Life: Burial Site of Lahepera in Eastern Estonia

Continuing Landscape, Continuing Life: Burial Site of Lahepera in Eastern Estonia

Krista Karro

2015-03-11 Volume 25 • Issue 1 • 2015 • International Perspectives in Medieval Archaeology: selected papers from EMASS in London, 2012 - Volume 25 • Art. 4

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Networks of Meaning and the Social Dynamics of Identity. An Example from Early Anglo-Saxon England

Networks of Meaning and the Social Dynamics of Identity. An Example from Early Anglo-Saxon England

Kathrin Felder

2015-02-10 Volume 25 • Issue 1 • 2015 • International Perspectives in Medieval Archaeology: selected papers from EMASS in London, 2012 - Volume 25 • Art. 3

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Secondary Mosques in Madinat Qurtuba: Islamization and Suburban Development through Minor Religious Spaces

Secondary Mosques in Madinat Qurtuba: Islamization and Suburban Development through Minor Religious Spaces

Carmen González Gutiérrez

2015-02-05 Volume 25 • Issue 1 • 2015 • International Perspectives in Medieval Archaeology: selected papers from EMASS in London, 2012 - Volume 25 • Art. 2

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‘The Halved Heads’: Osteological Evidence for Decapitation in Medieval Ireland

‘The Halved Heads’: Osteological Evidence for Decapitation in Medieval Ireland

Niamh Carty

2015-01-28 Volume 25 • Issue 1 • 2015 • International Perspectives in Medieval Archaeology: selected papers from EMASS in London, 2012 - Volume 25 • Art. 1

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Through the Portal: Viking Motifs Incorporated in the Romanesque Style in Telemark, Norway

Through the Portal: Viking Motifs Incorporated in the Romanesque Style in Telemark, Norway

Kristine Ødeby

2013-09-25 International Perspectives in Medieval Archaeology: selected papers from EMASS in London, 2012

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The Smell of Relics: Authenticating Saintly Bones and the Role of Scent in the Sensory Experience of Medieval Christian Veneration

The Smell of Relics: Authenticating Saintly Bones and the Role of Scent in the Sensory Experience of Medieval Christian Veneration

Paul Brazinski and Allegra Fryxell

2013-09-02 International Perspectives in Medieval Archaeology: selected papers from EMASS in London, 2012

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Issue: Volume 23 • Issue 1 • 2013 • Volume 23