Ashmolean Museum: Anglo-Saxon Discovery

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The Arrival of the Anglo-Saxons

When did they arrive?

Who lived in Britiain before?

Where did they come from?

How do we know about the Anglo-Saxons?

Anglo-Saxon Life

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Clothes

How were clothes made?


Spindlewhorl	Loomweight	Bronze needle

Spinning

Weaving

Needles

What did the Anglo-Saxons wear?

Buckles


Pair of buckles	Necklace	Pair of saucer brooches

Square-headed brooch	Bone comb	Earscoop & Pick

Tweezers	'Cosmetic brush'

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Food and Drink

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Farming


Axe	Bell	Cooking pot

Fire steel	Glass bowl	Decorated bucket

Pottery bowl	Iron knife	Horn core

Settlements


House plan	Burgred's Farm	Sigbert's Village

Farms

Villages

Place-names

Daily Life

Related Objects

Farming


Gaming Piece	Scale pan	Coin of Harold II

Shield boss	Sword	Axe

	Spearhead

Language - Old English

Day in the Life of An Anglo-Saxon Man

Day in the Life of An Anglo-Saxon Woman

Day in the Life of Anglo-Saxon Children

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Anglo-Saxon Death

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Cemeteries


Cremation urn	Asthall Barrow	Ixworth cross

	Square-headed brooch

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Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms

Kings


Alfred jewel	Coin of Alfred the Great

Kingdoms

Anglo-Saxon Oxfordshire

Map of Anglo-Saxon sites in Oxfordshire

Anglo-Saxon Place-names in Oxfordshire

Anglo-Saxon Oxford

Edward Thurlow Leeds

What is archaeology?

The Work of E.T. Leeds

Archives and Artefacts

The Life of E.T. Leeds

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Meet the Vikings

Who were the Vikings?

How do we know about the Vikings?

Viking Life

Viking Death

The Vikings and Anglo-Saxons

What happened to the Vikings?

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ANGLO-SAXON DISCOVERY

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