Sutton Hoo: The Excavation of a Royal Ship-Burial

by Charles Green, Barbara Green (Revised by)

Overview

Charles Green tells here the dramatic story of the initial excavation of Sutton Hoo, one of the richest archaeological finds of all time. In the Sutton Hoo burial grounds scientists unearthed a ship containing the treasures of a king who was most likely the last of the pagan rulers of East Anglia.

Green guides us through the scientific significance of the Sutton Hoo discovery: the beautiful jewelry indicates the high level of Anglo-Saxon artistic culture, the royal insignia offers clues to the organization of the East Anglican kingdom and its relations with neighboring regimes, while the burial ships themselves inspire new hypotheses regarding Anglo-Saxon immigration routes. Any reader will be irresistibly drawn to learn more of this archaeological dig which has uncovered such intriguing relics of our medieval ancestors.

This edition takes into account discoveries that have been made since the publication of the original edition. Barbara Green, an archaeologist in East Anglia and Charles Green’s daughter, has revised and updated the original text of her father’s book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781574093537
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	01/27/2014
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	150
Product dimensions:	7.13(w) x 9.38(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Charles Green was a British archaeologist and Vice-President of the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society. He is known particularly for his work on the Roman site at Caister-on-Sea and for his contribution to The Making of the Broads published by the Royal Geographic Society.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
I. Preliminary Activity at Sutton Hoo
II. The Ship-Barrow Excavation
III. The Ship and Some Others
IV. The Grave-Goods: I
V. The Grave-Goods: II
VI. The Burial: Who Was He?
VII. North Sea Crossings
VIII. The Anglo-Saxon Settlement of East Anglia
Postscript
Bibliographical Summary
Index

Editorial Reviews

Mr. Charles Green offers an excellent account of the discovery of the Sutton Hoo grave and a description, supplemented by some excellent photographs, of the grave goods...He breaks new ground in his review of the whole troubled question of the design and capabilities of early Anglo-Saxon ships, and his conclusions constitute an important contribution to our understanding of the Anglo-Saxon settlement.

History

A first-class study, at once scholarly and popular.

The Daily Telegraph