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Early Medieval Research Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Chronology and Dating<\/h2>\n\n\n

EM01: How can an agreed terminology allow us to better understand types and phases found during the medieval period? <\/h3>
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URI: <\/h5>https:\/\/researchframeworks.org\/nwrf\/researchframework\/v1\/question\/1.Howcananagree-5c94cddd93729<\/a><\/span>
Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.20 – Analyse any animal bones, and charred, mineralised or waterlogged plant remains, identified from any site of the period as a matter of priority.<\/a> <\/span>
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Re-examine and date deposits of animal bones and environmental material from Castle Street, Carlisle, to resolve at least some of the uncertain date of existing material excavated from urban contexts. <\/p><\/span>

Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>Mike Nevell <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 22\/03\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 22\/03\/2024 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>

EM02: What can modern techniques of analysis tell us about dark earth horizons in post-Roman urban centres? <\/h3>
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Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.54 – Develop a programme of sampling and dating to enlarge the corpus of insects from the region, and our understanding of the conditions in which they thrived.<\/a> <\/span>
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A literature review is needed and this should be done through PhDs\/theses, specifically looking at the interventions involving dark earth.<\/p>

 Develop a programme of sampling and dating of suitable samples, such as those from Castle Street, Carlisle, to enlarge the corpus of insects from the region, and our understanding of the conditions in which they thrived.<\/p><\/span>

Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>Mike Nevell <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 22\/03\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 22\/03\/2024 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>

EM03: How and when does a post-Roman cultural identity emerge? <\/h3>
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Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.06 – Attempt\u00a0to\u00a0link\u00a0the\u00a0fragmentary\u00a0\u00a0 artefact sequences to some kind of chronologically robust framework.<\/a> <\/span>
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 Undertake focused research on issues of border and cultural identity across borders ie. Wales and Scotland. How would a post-Roman cultural identity be recognised within the specific NW region?<\/p><\/span>

Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>Mike Nevell <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 22\/03\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 22\/03\/2024 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>

EM04: What can a better understanding of urban stratigraphic sequences tell us about early medieval site activities? <\/h3>
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URI: <\/h5>https:\/\/researchframeworks.org\/nwrf\/researchframework\/v1\/question\/4.Whatcanabette-5c94cddd95585<\/a><\/span>
Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.28 – Sample suitable deposits throughout urban stratigraphic sequences systematically, for scientific analyses, coupled with absolute dating techniques, to refine both the chronology and an understanding of the activity taking place.<\/a> <\/span>
More information: <\/h5><\/span>
Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>Mike Nevell <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 22\/03\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 22\/03\/2024 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>

EM05: How can careful analysis of the late Roman\/early medieval horizon help to identify early medieval activities on site? <\/h3>
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Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.23 – Ensure the upper stratigraphy of Roman period sites and the lower stratigraphy of medieval sites is subject to detailed scrutiny for what may be ephemeral traces of early medieval activity.<\/a> <\/span>
More information: <\/h5><\/span>
Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>Mike Nevell <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 22\/03\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 22\/03\/2024 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>

EM06: How can we identify the character of early medieval rural settlement sites? <\/h3>
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URI: <\/h5>https:\/\/researchframeworks.org\/nwrf\/researchframework\/v1\/question\/6.Howcanweident-5c94cddd960f4<\/a><\/span>
Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.24 – Ensure method statements and research designs for the excavation of rural settlement in the region build in costings for absolute dating, in most cases for a series of dates, particularly targeting short-lifespan material, such as twiggy charcoal, animal bones and charred cereal grains, as well as\u00a0 archaeomagnetic dating of materials heated in situ (hearths, ovens, kilns, etc).<\/a> <\/span>
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Ensure method statements and research designs for the excavation of rural settlement in the region build in costings for scientific dating, in most cases for a series of dates, particularly targeting short-lifespan material, such as twiggy charcoal, animal bones and charred cereal grains, as well as archaeomagnetic dating of materials heated in situ (hearths, ovens, kilns, etc). <\/p><\/span>

Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>Mike Nevell <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 22\/03\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 22\/03\/2024 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
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Ending of Roman Britain<\/h2>\n\n\n

EM07: How could a review of old archives and grey literature shed light on the end of Roman Britain? <\/h3>
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URI: <\/h5>https:\/\/researchframeworks.org\/nwrf\/researchframework\/v1\/question\/Howcanaliteratu-5d1253a710398<\/a><\/span>
Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.09 – Re-examine old excavation archives from key Roman sites, for instance Carlisle, to look again at evidence for latest activity.<\/a> <\/span>
More information: <\/h5><\/span>
Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>Mike Nevell <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 25\/06\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 25\/06\/2024 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>

EM08: What investigative techniques work best to identify Early Medieval deposits above more easily discernible Roman features? <\/h3>
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URI: <\/h5>https:\/\/researchframeworks.org\/nwrf\/researchframework\/v1\/question\/Howcanmethodolo-5cfa668574f70<\/a><\/span>
Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.49 – Ensure methodologies for any excavations of late Roman or medieval sites are sufficiently robust to allow for\u00a0 the\u00a0 possibility\u00a0 of\u00a0 early medieval industrial\/craft production, including salt.<\/a> <\/span>
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 Undertake detailed surveys at Romano-British sites with good earthwork preservation to establish potential phases prior to excavation. Training is needed on identification of RB and EMED mixed deposits Radiocarbon dating of seemingly Roman remains could reveal they were actually in use after the Roman period eg. charred residue to late Roman wares and other organic remains within Roman assemblages.<\/p><\/span>

Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>NW Research Framework Committee <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2021 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>

EM09: What evidence is there for the decline in urban settlements toward the end of the Roman period? <\/h3>
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URI: <\/h5>https:\/\/researchframeworks.org\/nwrf\/researchframework\/v1\/question\/Whatevidenceist-5cfa66857553a<\/a><\/span>
Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.12 – Ensure that opportunities are taken to examine the veracity of the commonly-held view of a population\u00a0 shift\u00a0 away\u00a0\u00a0 from\u00a0\u00a0 towns\u00a0\u00a0 into defended places\u00a0 at\u00a0 the\u00a0 end\u00a0 of the Roman period.<\/a> <\/span>
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 A synthesis of excavation evidence is needed and this would make a suitable subject for a PhD.<\/p><\/span>

Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>NW Research Framework Committee <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2021 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>

EM10: How can we clarify cultural indicators from the ephemeral remains of the early medieval period? (4.2:4.13) <\/h3>
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URI: <\/h5>https:\/\/researchframeworks.org\/nwrf\/researchframework\/v1\/question\/Howcanweclarify-5cfa668575b34<\/a><\/span>
Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.13 – Ensure appropriate methodologies are adopted on all sites with a potential for early medieval remains, to identify and characterise activity leaving scant and possibly confusing cultural indicators.<\/a> <\/span>
More information: <\/h5><\/span>
Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>NW Research Framework Committee <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2021 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>

EM11: What can early medieval sites tell us about social disparity at the end of Roman Britain? <\/h3>
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URI: <\/h5>https:\/\/researchframeworks.org\/nwrf\/researchframework\/v1\/question\/Whatcanearlymed-5d1253a711aac<\/a><\/span>
Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.14 – Target sites that may contribute to an understanding of social disparity in the early medieval period.<\/a> <\/span>
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Target place names that suggest political centres or meeting places. Learn more from place name studies, working more closely with English place name societies, to identify site specific and wider EM settlements and seek ways to map place name evidence on county HERs.<\/p><\/span>

Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>Mike Nevell <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 25\/06\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 25\/06\/2024 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>

EM12: What evidence is there of Romano-British culture surviving into the Medieval Period? <\/h3>
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URI: <\/h5>https:\/\/researchframeworks.org\/nwrf\/researchframework\/v1\/question\/Whatevidenceist-5d1253a711fd5<\/a><\/span>
Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.15 – Develop methodologies to identify British cultural remains in the post-Roman milieu.<\/a> <\/span>
More information: <\/h5><\/span>
Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>Mike Nevell <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 25\/06\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 25\/06\/2024 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>

EM13: How can we identify the emergence of social elites in the early medieval period? <\/h3>
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See supporting statements for Q10 to 12 above. Target research on hill forts and comparative studies across borders.<\/p><\/span>

Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>Mike Nevell <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 25\/06\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 25\/06\/2024 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
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Settlement and Land use<\/h2>\n\n\n

EM14: How can we identify changes in landscape use related to climate change? <\/h3>
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Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.16 – Integrate palaeoecological and archaeological data to investigate how peopleu2019s use of\u00a0 the landscape altered it and to try to distinguish changes relating to climate from changes related to human activities.<\/a> <\/span>
More information: <\/h5><\/span>
Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>NW Research Framework Committee <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2021 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>

EM15: How can archaeological methods be used to recognise domestic, farming and food provision sites? <\/h3>
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URI: <\/h5>https:\/\/researchframeworks.org\/nwrf\/researchframework\/v1\/question\/Howcanarchaeolo-5cfa668577562<\/a><\/span>
More information: <\/h5>Can we distinguish everyday domestic and local trade practices and do they characterise the NW region or do they echo patterns across early medieval England.<\/span>
Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>NW Research Framework Committee <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2021 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>

EM16: How can place names inform our understanding of the landscape context of known sites? <\/h3>
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URI: <\/h5>https:\/\/researchframeworks.org\/nwrf\/researchframework\/v1\/question\/Howcanplacename-5cfa668577b7e<\/a><\/span>
Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.08 – Link place-name studies with wider landscape research in an attempt to place the known sites into some sort of landscape context.<\/a> <\/span>
More information: <\/h5><\/span>
Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>NW Research Framework Committee <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2021 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>

EM17: What evidence is there for landscape change in the early medieval period? <\/h3>
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URI: <\/h5>https:\/\/researchframeworks.org\/nwrf\/researchframework\/v1\/question\/Whatevidenceist-5cfa6685780ea<\/a><\/span>
Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.18 – Target river\u00a0 basins and\u00a0 valley\u00a0 bottoms\u00a0 to investigate\u00a0 erosion\u00a0\u00a0 sequences\u00a0\u00a0 potentially associated with the intake of fields, woodland clearance or soil disturbance. This\u00a0 could be undertaken in conjunction with investigations of peat deposits for climatic indicators and changes in settlement and land-use.<\/a> <\/span>
More information: <\/h5><\/span>
Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>NW Research Framework Committee <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2021 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>

EM18: How can the archaeological investigation of parish boundaries inform our understanding of the Early Medieval land use? <\/h3>
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URI: <\/h5>https:\/\/researchframeworks.org\/nwrf\/researchframework\/v1\/question\/Howcanthearchae-5cfa66857871d<\/a><\/span>
Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.21 – Record, wherever possible, sections through extant civil parish boundaries threatened by development. Opportunities are most likely to arise through linear development projects, such as pipelines and road schemes,\u00a0 as\u00a0 well\u00a0 as housing\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 developments.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Work\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 should concentrate not just on recording sections but also on assessing the potential for the preservation of environmental data (buried soils, pollen, macrofossils etc).<\/a> <\/span>
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This would make a potential PhD research project.<\/p><\/span>

Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>NW Research Framework Committee <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2021 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>

EM19: How can archaeological investigations be targeted to inform our understanding of places of authority and local government? <\/h3>
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URI: <\/h5>https:\/\/researchframeworks.org\/nwrf\/researchframework\/v1\/question\/Howcanarchaeolo-5d5aab2f2020f<\/a><\/span>
Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.25 – Examine, wherever possible, presumed centres of early medieval activity, particularly the nature of surviving archaeological deposits, coupled with a detailed programme of dating. These might include settlements with churches producing early sculpture, or medieval estate centres re-occupying Roman sites.<\/a> <\/span>
More information: <\/h5>

Target centres of medieval culture, including churches with early sculpture and medieval churches on Romano-British sites, hill forts and assembly points.<\/p><\/span>

Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>North West Research Framework Steering Group <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 19\/08\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 19\/08\/2024 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>

EM20: How can we identify hotspots of Early Medieval activity and individual sites with archaeological potential? <\/h3>
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URI: <\/h5>https:\/\/researchframeworks.org\/nwrf\/researchframework\/v1\/question\/Howcanweidentif-5cfa66857928b<\/a><\/span>
Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.27 – Undertake systematic metal detector surveys in such u2018hot spotsu2019 to attempt to define and characterise early medieval activity.<\/a> <\/span>
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 The successful Cheshire metal detector model could be applied to the rest of the region as it is particularly relevant for the early medieval period.<\/p><\/span>

Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>NW Research Framework Committee <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2021 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
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Ritual, Religion and Ceremony<\/h2>\n\n\n

EM21: What can archaeological investigation tell us about the origins and character of early Christian sites? <\/h3>
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URI: <\/h5>https:\/\/researchframeworks.org\/nwrf\/researchframework\/v1\/question\/Whatcanarchaeol-5cfa6685797ce<\/a><\/span>
Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.31 – Target appropriate sites with Eccles place-names with systematic survey of surrounding settlement.<\/a> <\/span>
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Links to\/from medieval buildings need to be considered with respect to Christian\/religious development. Include circular graveyards.<\/p><\/span>

Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>NW Research Framework Committee <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2021 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>

EM22: What can church sites associated with Romano-British sites tell us about early medieval sculpture and can these provide further evidence for early Christianity? <\/h3>
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URI: <\/h5>https:\/\/researchframeworks.org\/nwrf\/researchframework\/v1\/question\/Whatcanchurchsi-5cfa668579e4e<\/a><\/span>
Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.35 – Prioritise the study of long segmental churches in both east Cumbria and adjacent parts of Yorkshire.<\/a> <\/span>
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 CSIR work for area underway, corpus for Anglo-Saxon sculpture on-line. How do we maintain\/update publications\/websites?<\/p><\/span>

Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>NW Research Framework Committee <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2021 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>

EM23: What can funerary evidence tell us about the transitions between new and previous belief systems? <\/h3>
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Review existing burial assemblages to highlight key artefacts which may indicate belief systems. Examine distribution patterns of excavated late Roman and early medieval grave yards. This would make a potential PhD research project.<\/p><\/span>

Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>NW Research Framework Committee <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2021 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>

EM24: What can the difference between worked stone materials of sub regional level tell us about early Medieval religion and burial? <\/h3>
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Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.34 – Analyse differences between stone sculpture at a sub-regional level.<\/a> <\/span>
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Review Anglo Saxon sculpture in the North West publications. NEW STRATEGY Systematic scanning of sculpture and worked stone to help to facilitate new research. NEW STRATEGY<\/p><\/span>

Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>NW Research Framework Committee <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2021 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>

EM25: How can we find out more about the nature of early medieval burials? <\/h3>
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URI: <\/h5>https:\/\/researchframeworks.org\/nwrf\/researchframework\/v1\/question\/Howcanwefindout-5cfa66857b019<\/a><\/span>
Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.36 – Prioritise any possibly early medieval burials or funerary material for full\u00a0 scientific\u00a0 analysis including absolute dating, stable isotopes and DNA investigations.<\/a> <\/span>
More information: <\/h5><\/span>
Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>NW Research Framework Committee <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2021 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>

EM26: How can we identify potential early Medieval burial sites? <\/h3>
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URI: <\/h5>https:\/\/researchframeworks.org\/nwrf\/researchframework\/v1\/question\/Howcanweidentif-5cfa66857b60b<\/a><\/span>
Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.37 – The presence of stray finds recovered by metal detectorists, which may indicate that burials of this period are being damaged by agricultural practice, need to be highlighted and should be prioritised for investigation.<\/a> <\/span>
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Review existing burial assemblages to highlight key artefacts which may indicate burial practices. This has been shown to work at Cumwhitton but the artifacts may also indicate sites of more general activity.<\/p><\/span>

Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>NW Research Framework Committee <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2021 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
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Technology and Production<\/h2>\n\n\n

EM27: How could a re-evaluation of museum collections help to identify early Medieval ceramics and other materials? <\/h3>
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Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.42 – Examine any relatively undiagnostic ceramic material currently held in museums and classed as prehistoric, to establish whether any of this could actually be early medieval in date.<\/a> <\/span>
More information: <\/h5><\/span>
Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>NW Research Framework Committee <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2021 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>

EM28: How can we improve the identification of early medieval pottery on excavation sites? <\/h3>
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Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.41 – Raise awareness in those responsible for the excavation of sites that ceramics initially classed as prehistoric might represent examples of\u00a0 a regional tradition of early medieval hand-made pottery.<\/a> <\/span>
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Training issue: need workshops for identification of EMED pottery for early career archaeologist, researches and local society groups. This would make a potential PhD research project.<\/p><\/span>

Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>NW Research Framework Committee <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2019 <\/span>
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EM29: How could an intra-regional study reveal the quantity and continued use of Romano-British materials during the early medieval? <\/h3>
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Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.43 – Recognise the continued use of u2018Romanu2019 artefacts into the 5th century as a topic worthy of further research, and ensure all late\u00a0 Roman assemblages are scrutinised for such.<\/a> <\/span>
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This would make a potential PhD research project. Ensure all Romano-British assemblages are scrutinised for potential early medieval materials, including intra-regional contexts, and data along with Scotland and Cornwall.<\/p><\/span>

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EM30: How can we further our understanding of the exploitation of resources for the extraction of materials during the early Medieval period? <\/h3>
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Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.47 – Undertake\u00a0\u00a0 metallurgical\u00a0\u00a0 studies\u00a0\u00a0 of\u00a0 early medieval metalwork as a matter of routine.<\/a> <\/span>
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Examine how and if particular post-Roman regional industries generate a unique NW culture and vibrant economic and trade systems.<\/p><\/span>

Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>NW Research Framework Committee <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2019 <\/span>
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Trade, Exchange and Interaction<\/h2>\n\n\n

EM31: What can a detailed landscape survey tell us about the early Medieval settlements on coastal promontories and water courses? <\/h3>
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Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.53 – Develop a GIS to aid understanding of historic changes in sea level, and their effect on possible coastal settlement.<\/a> <\/span>
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Examine to what degree the post-Roman NW was an Irish Sea or terrestrial-based economy and culture. Could be both or mixed.<\/p><\/span>

Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>NW Research Framework Committee <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2019 <\/span>
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EM32: How can we identify early medieval sites in a coastal environment? <\/h3>
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Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.52 – Treat any early medieval coin and artefact finds, not just hoards, in coastal and river-edge areas as potential sites, and monitor such areas closely.<\/a> <\/span>
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Can a re-evaluation of PAS and museum archives identify potential early Medieval sites in a coastal environment? <\/p><\/span>

Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>NW Research Framework Committee <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2019 <\/span>
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EM33: What evidence is there for the importation of raw materials from outside the region? <\/h3>
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A better understanding of this would be provided through analysis of PAS data, examining museum archives, and scientific analysis. This would make a potential PhD research project.<\/p><\/span>

Status: <\/h5>Active <\/span>
Authority to change status: <\/h5>NW Research Framework Committee <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2019 <\/span>
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Defence, Warfare and Military Activity<\/h2>\n\n\n

EM34: What can archaeological investigations tell us about the character of early Medieval re-use of former defended sites, such as Roman Forts and Hill Forts? <\/h3>
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Linked Strategy(s): <\/h5>EM4.56 – Ensure all\u00a0 opportunities\u00a0 are taken\u00a0 to\u00a0 date material from both the defences and interiors of hillforts, and from potential burh sites in Cheshire.<\/a> <\/span>
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 Great care needs to taken when preparing project designs on high medieval castles as there is a possibility of early medieval or post-Conquest military and\/or ecclesiastical activity.<\/p><\/span>

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Authority to change status: <\/h5>NW Research Framework Committee <\/span>
Date accepted: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2019 <\/span>
Date of next review: <\/h5> 06\/01\/2021 <\/span><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
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