Dear Ed,
I don't disagree. But I also talk with real people (metal detectorists for example) as well as SMR databases. Can't we come up with some snazzy, imaginative, exciting name for this period that means something to Joe Bloggs, rather than boring old 'early medieval' which doesn't conjure up any ideas of industrious Anglians or Alfred's hot cakes or the gritty fatalism of Maldon.
Cheers, Neil
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Neil,
The answer is to try and avoid confusing the concepts of Date and Cultural
Affiliation / Artistic Style. The Exegesis software uses the same
terminology as the NMR ie for this period the term would be 'EARLY
MEDIEVAL'. The cultural affiliation is Anglian, Anglo-Scandinavian etc.
FISHEN on its mailing list is trying to thrash out a new thesaurus that
addresses these issues (if the smr community are looking for distractions
I'd be happy to welcome them to the discussion on that list!)
Edmund Lee
NMR Data Standards Unit /
FISHEN
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From: Neil Campling [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 29 March 2000 13:40
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Subject: RE: Interesting distractions
Dear All,
In response to Rob Bourne:
I've got a juicy metal detection site with finds ranging from early 5th to
Domesday. How do I characterise its "period" ? Sub-Roman, Anglian,
Migration period, Early Medieval, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Scandinavian, etc ??
Can anyone tell me where the Anglians settled in North Yorks, and where the
Saxons lived ? How do we characterise villages that were continuously
occupied through various invasions but still maintained their essential
"British" lifestyle ?
Cheers, Neil
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