ABSTRACT
Introduction – A field trip–Cannington – Capel Eithin, Anglesey – Portmahomack, Easter Ross – Spong Hill – Wasperton – Sutton Hoo – Debrief and agenda Formative 1 (5th–7th century) – Iron Age Britain – Scotland and Pictland – Wales and the west – Northumbria – Southumbria – Chronological framework – Exploring themes – Where did Anglo-Saxon cemeteries take root? – Social change – Mound, chamber, horse, boat and bed: 7th-century celebration of heroic men, 600–625 – Heroic women – Future directions for Formative 1 – Formative 2 – From ancestry to salvation – Formative 2 in Pictland and Scotland – Formative 2 in Northumbria – Formative 3 – Estate cemeteries – North and west – Vikings – In the south – Formative 2 and 3, the 8th to 11th centuries, in a nutshell Comparanda – A visit to Ireland and Scandinavia – Conclusion
