Dorset dwellings in West Greenland

Sammendrag

Etter at begrepet Assebaktegraver ble lansert og de første 26 utgravde graver ble publisert av forfatteren i 1979 (Simonsen 1979) er meget nytt materiale framkommet, både fra Norge, Sverige og Finland. Samtidig er det skapt usik‐kerhet, om dette i virkeligheten er graver eller ildsteder. Jeg har her oppsummert situasjonen i 1997. En del detaljer i anleggene er beskrevet og analysen. Konklusjonen er at anleggene sansynligvis er graver , men kan være utendørs ildsteder, og da formodentlig av rituell karakter. Saken kan ikke sikkert avgjøres, før det ved utgravninger framkommer et knoklemateriale som lar seg bestemme som enten fra dyr eller mennesker. Hvis det er graver, hvilket fortsatt er forfatterens oppfattelse, er de eksempler på den i tid og rom vidt utbredte skikk å bygge gravene som en slags kopier av de levendes boliger. Det er nemlig ikke tvil om at Assebaktegravene er etterlik‐ninger etter hus.     

Notes on Some Vestiges of Roman Occupation in Dorset

An area of Mid-Anglo-Saxon deposits at Sandtun in West Hythe first studied in 1947–48 by Gordon Ward was re-examined between 1993–98 during assessments made in advance of housing development and in a research excavation. The site was occupied from at least c. 700 until 850–75 with some later reuse. It lay among sand dunes formed on a sand bank near the mouth of a gradually silting inlet. A range of activities was practised by the community there, including fishing, spindlewhorl manufacture and bone-working, in addition to salt-making recorded in a charter of 732. The metalwork was not significantly different from finds on contemporary rural sites. Amongst the bones was a considerable number from fish and birds which were caught locally. The ceramic assemblage included a high proportion of imported continental pottery and it is concluded that the site may have been a landing-place for trading ships. The implications of the site for the interpretation of the development of urbanism in Mid-Anglo-Saxon England and the operation of trade are examined.     

Late Iron Age Ballast-Quarries at Hengistbury Head, Dorset

During excavations at Hengistbury Head between 1979 and 1984 certain Late Iron Age features, described as 'quarry hollows' and 'scoops', were discovered along the shoreline. They are the result of gravel extraction, which, it is argued, was carried out in order to supply ballast for ships plying their trade across the English Channel during the first half of the first century BC. Accordingly, these features represent the first on-shore archaeological evidence for the provision of ballast in antiquity.     

A Structural Analysis of The Chantry,Bridport, Dorset

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS of the Chantry, Bridport before and during its restoration has revealed that it was constructed in the late 13th or early 14th century as a municipal building, probably associated with a harbour. In the later 14th century it was converted into a house for a chantry priest. The building was enlarged at this date by the addition of an attic storey which contains a columbarium.     

The Studland Bay wreck, Dorset, UK: hull analysis

Upon the discovery and protection of a presumed 16th-century wreck off Poole Harbour, one of the largest underwater excavations in England was carried out between 1984 and 1992. In 1997–8 the author examined the archive and recovered objects with the aim of publishing the present report on the hull remains. The paper demonstrates how much can be learned about construction and design from in-situ recording. The similarities and differences between this vessel and other vessels of the so-called Iberian-Atlantic building tradition are analysed, and rigging modifications suggested. The vessel has never been scientifically dated, but a typological date bracket is based on onboard artefacts.     

A child's burial in unconsecrated ground in early modern Dorchester,Dorset

Abstract

Re-examination of a child burial found during excavations in advance of the construction of new offices for Dorset County Council in the north-west quarter of Dorchester in 1937 indicates that it is of early modern, rather than of Roman date, as originally believed at the time of excavation. A possible context is explored for the burial of a child in unconsecrated ground in the 17th century.     

古代的史料和世界古代史

在我国史学话语中,没有英中的“献史料”(Documentary sources)和“学史料”(Literary sources)的区别。我国现代世界古代史和中国古代史作中常常提到的“献史料”(literature),实为非献史料(Non．documentary sources)和献史料的混称,其中主要是指古代史家的述,如希罗多德的《历史》、李维的《罗马史》、狄奥多洛斯的《历史集成》等。这种模糊的提法使得不少古史工作误以为主要以学史料为内容的各种古代典籍便等同于第一手史料(First hand or primary sources)或原始资料(Original sources),只要自己的论依托于古     

Ancient Dominions

HENRY KISSINGER. Diplomacy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. Pp. 912. $45.00 (US)

M. S. ANDERSON. The Rise of Modern Diplomacy, 1450–1919. London and New York: Longman, 1994. Pp. x, 320. $80.95 (CDN)

KEITH HAMILTON and RICHARD LANGHORNE. The Practice of Diplomacy: Its Evolution, Theory, and Administration. London and New York: Routledge, 1995. Pp. vii, 879. £12.99, paper

JAMES L. RICHARDSON. Crisis Diplomacy: The Great Powers since the Mid-Nineteenth Century. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Pp. xi, 436. $59.95 (US), cloth; $19.95 (US), paper.