Death & Taxes: The Archaeology of a Middle Saxon Estate Centre at Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire

by Bethan Charles and Alan Hardy

How did Middle Saxon kings govern their estates, and how did the mechanism of early forms of regional administration work? A spectacular site on the outskirts of Higham Ferrers in Northamptonshire has demonstrated that archaeology can add significantly to the debate. Between 1993 and 2003, Oxford Archaeology undertook a major programme of survey and excavation on the outskirts of the town, uncovering extensive remains dating from the Middle Bronze...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0904220435
• ISBN13: 9780904220438
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Oxford Archaeological Unit
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 2.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.4" x 11.7"