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SECOND PUBLIC EXAMINATION 
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HONOUR SCHOOL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 
 
COURSE II 
 
Paper 6c The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England 
from the Seventh to the Ninth Centuries A.D. 
 
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TRINITY TERM 2018 
 
Monday, 21 May, 9.30am – 12.30pm 
 
Time allowed – Three hours 
 
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Answer Question 1 and TWO others.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Answer Question 1 and TWO others.  
 
1. Identify and comment on THREE of the items illustrated in the accompanying 
photographs. 
 
a) 
 
 
b) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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c) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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d) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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e) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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f) 
 
 
 
2. How has the discovery of ‘productive sites’ altered our understanding of the Middle 
Anglo-Saxon economy?  
 
3. What can burial evidence tell us about changing aspects of gendered identities in 
the 7th century? 
 
4. What were the purposes of sceattas? 
 
5. To what extent do the Anglo-Saxon emporia represent a single category of 
archaeological site? 
 
6. Considered as material culture, what do the luxury manuscripts reveal about the 
culture of literacy?  
 
 
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7. How has Beowulf influenced our interpretation of 7th-century archaeology? 
 
8. How much can archaeology tell us about the activities that took place in and around 
churches between the 7th and 9th centuries? 
 
9. To what extent is it possible to interpret changes in the nature of agricultural 
practice from the rural settlement evidence? 
 
10. ‘The pre-conditions for the appearance of the Ruthwell and Bewcastle crosses 
[…] were far more in existence in the years after 710 than they were before’ (ERIC 
MERCER, 1964). To what pre-conditions might Mercer have been referring? 
 
11. What can the raw materials and manufacturing processes of gold and garnet 
jewellery tell us about 7th-century elites? 
 
12. What can the archaeology of monastic sites tell us about the lifestyles of their 
residents? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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