ABSTRACT

On the basis of the availability of only limited excavated faunal assemblages, is a reconstruction of the food and provisioning of the living within Wallingford's ramparts. Wallingford's hinterland and the wider landscape are examined to assess what sequences and changes are evident here and how they inform upon Wallingford's apparent medieval growth and decay. High status should, arguably, be reflected elsewhere in the archaeological record, notably in regional and wider markets for ceramics and foodstuffs. Minting in late Anglo-Saxon England was closely linked to burghal status, and is one of the criteria identified for distinguishing towns from other settlements in Anglo-Saxon England. Links between burhs and minting become slightly clearer from the late 920s onwards for various reasons. Minting took place at Wallingford continuously for several centuries, and intermittently across almost the whole of the period covered by the Wallingford Burh to Borough Research Project.