Feeding Anglo-Saxon England (FeedSax): Digital Data Archive

McKerracher M, Hamerow H, Bogaard A, Hodgson J, Charles M, Bronk Ramsey C, Thomas R, Forster E, Stroud E, Neil S, Holmes M, Roushannafas T

The Feeding Anglo-Saxon England project (FeedSax: 2017-2022) used bioarchaeological methods to address longstanding questions about the development of medieval field systems. To this end, FeedSax created a large collection of archaeological data - both compiled from existing sources, and newly created through primary analyses - pertaining to charred plant remains, animal bones, stable isotopes, radiocarbon dates, and pollen records. The FeedSax digital archives includes the resultant datasets in CSV and Excel formats as well as a SQL database ('Haystack'), along with accompanying SQL queries and documentation in MS Word format. The archive is deposited with the Archaeology Data Service (https://doi.org/10.5284/1057492).

Keywords:

Anglo-Saxon

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archaeology

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agriculture

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medieval

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archaeobotany

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palynology

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zooarchaeology