This unrivalled textbook explores the complex history of cathedrals and churches, showing how this can be revealed through the skills of the archaeologist. This archaeological study can embrace everything from the building's foundations to the weather-vane on its spire, and at a time when medieval churches and churchyards (Britain's most completely surviving class of historic monument) are being threatened with redundancy, alteration or inappropriate restoration the need for detailed study and recording has never been greater. From Westminster Abbey to the tiniest field chapel, the history of the building, its use and furnishing can be enriched through archaeological study. First published almost 25 years ago, and unavailable for many years, this brand new edition illustrates the problems, techniques, results and rewards of church archaeology. After 25 years this is still the standard textbook on church archaeology. Nothing comparable has ever been published.
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| Preface |
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11 | (2) |
| Acknowledgements |
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13 | (2) |
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The archaeological study of churches |
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Chroniclers and early antiquaries |
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15 | (2) |
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Architectural and archaeological records before the nineteenth century |
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Nineteenth-century achievements |
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Early twentieth-century stagnation |
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Towards modern church archaeology |
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25 | (3) |
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28 | (6) |
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Organization and responsibility in church archaeology |
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Why investigate churches? |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (2) |
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Redundancy and its aftermath |
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39 | (4) |
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Archaeology and the living church |
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The parameters of church archaeology |
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46 | (2) |
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Are churches especially important? |
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48 | (3) |
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51 | (18) |
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Early surveys and inventories |
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52 | (3) |
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Architects' surveys and reports |
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55 | (4) |
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General archaeological surveys |
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59 | (5) |
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Detailed archaeological surveys |
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64 | (5) |
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Interrogating the evidence |
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70 | (5) |
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75 | (2) |
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Development of the plan -- by addition |
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Development of the plan -- by contraction |
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81 | (2) |
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Stratified elevations in walls |
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83 | (3) |
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Inserted and cutaway features |
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86 | (5) |
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91 | (4) |
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Summary: the example of Dorchester Abbey |
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Recording the fabric: aims and methods |
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101 | (4) |
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Drawing elevations of walls |
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105 | (4) |
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Photogrammetric recording and related methods |
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109 | (2) |
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Drawing sections through buildings |
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111 | (2) |
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Recording roofs, vaults and structural timberwork |
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113 | (2) |
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Recording architectural features |
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115 | (6) |
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Architectural sculpture and loose fragments |
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121 | (2) |
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123 | (3) |
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Geophysics and remote sensing |
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126 | (2) |
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Investigations into the fabric |
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128 | (12) |
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128 | (2) |
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130 | (10) |
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140 | (21) |
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140 | (3) |
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143 | (18) |
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161 | (12) |
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161 | (5) |
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166 | (4) |
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Churchyards in the landscape |
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170 | (3) |
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Bones, burials and monuments |
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173 | (24) |
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173 | (4) |
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177 | (5) |
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182 | (4) |
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186 | (4) |
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190 | (7) |
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Synthesis and publication: reconstructing history |
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197 | (13) |
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197 | (2) |
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199 | (6) |
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205 | (5) |
| Bibliography |
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| Index |
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Dr Warwick Rodwell, Consultant Archaeologist and Architectural Historian, has been studying churches for 40 years. He is Consultant Archaeologist for, among other major buildings, Westminster Abbey, Wells Cathedral, Bristol Cathedral, Lichfield Cathedral, Glastonbury Abbey and Dorchester Abbey. He is currently Visiting Professor, Department of Archaeology, University of Reading.
