This volume presents case studies of Iron Age rural settlement from across Europe illustrating both the diversity of patterns in the evidence and common themes.

Study relates chiefly to the Bihar plain.

The first major synthesis of the evidence for Anglo-Saxon settlements from across England and throughout the Anglo-Saxon period, and a study of what it reveals

This book, first published in 1983, provided the first thorough and informative introduction to the theory, practice and politics of rural settlement planning.