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Uses and recycling of brick in medieval English buildings: insights from the application of luminescence dating and new avenues for further research

Bailiff, I.K.; Blain, S.; Graves, C.P.; Gurling, T.; Semple, S.

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Authors

S. Blain

C.P. Graves

T. Gurling

S. Semple



Abstract

Luminescence dating has been applied to ceramic bricks sampled from a selection of English medieval ecclesiastical and secular buildings in Essex, Kent and Lincolnshire, ranging in age from the fourth to the late sixteenth centuries. The results obtained for the Anglo-Saxon churches, which included Brixworth, confirmed the reuse of Roman brick in all cases. The dates for the earliest medieval brick type indicate that brick making was reintroduced during the eleventh century, a century earlier than previously accepted, and dates for bricks from the same secular Tudor building indicate that the practice of recycling of building materials during the late medieval period was also applied to brick.

Citation

Bailiff, I., Blain, S., Graves, C., Gurling, T., & Semple, S. (2010). Uses and recycling of brick in medieval English buildings: insights from the application of luminescence dating and new avenues for further research. Archaeological Journal, 167(1), 165-196. https://doi.org/10.1080/00665983.2010.11020796

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2010
Deposit Date Apr 1, 2011
Publicly Available Date Jan 5, 2016
Journal Archaeological Journal
Print ISSN 0066-5983
Electronic ISSN 2373-2288
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 167
Issue 1
Pages 165-196
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00665983.2010.11020796

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