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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.
Do not turn over until told to do so.
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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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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