List of Figures Acknowledgements Summaries (English/French/German/Spanish) Abbreviations 1 Introduction 1.1 Background to the project 1.2 Geology, topography and landuse 2 Documentary and Archaeological Background 2.1 Documentary, archaeological and landscape evidence (by Dr Nick Corcos, 2013) 2.2 The placename Eckweek (by Dr Michael Costen) 2.3 Eckweek in Domesday Book (by Dr Frank Thorn) 3 Surveys 3.1 Preliminary surveys 3.2 Geophysical survey (by Andrew Payne of Historic England, 1989, updated 2015) 4 Excavations 4.

1 Excavation areas and methodologies 4.2 Summary of structural phasing 4.3 The excavated evidence 4.4 Watching brief 5 Artefacts and Environmental Evidence 5.1 Prehistoric ceramics - pottery, briquetage and a bronze-working crucible (by Dr Elaine Morris, 1992, updated 2015) 5.2 Romano-British pottery (by Dr Jane Timby, 2015) 5.3 The late Saxon, Saxo-Norman, medieval and post-medieval pottery (by Andrew Young and Alexander Kidd, 1990-1991, updated 2015) 5.3.

1 The petrology of medieval pottery (by D F Williams PhD FSA - Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, 1991) 5.4 Coins (by Sarah Newns, 2015) 5.5 Iron and lead objects (by Ann Thompson, 1991) 5.6 Copper alloy objects (by Sarah Newns, 2015) 5.7 Flint (by Vince Russett, 1991) 5.8 Worked stone objects (by Alexander Kidd and Andrew Young, 1991) 5.8.1 The petrology of medieval whetstones of sandstone from Eckweek (by Professor Gilbert Kelling - Department of Geology, University of Keele, 1991) 5.

9 Clay tobacco pipe (by Sarah Newns, 2014) 5.10 The composition of a group of later medieval copper alloy 'ingots' and other objects (by Nigel Blades, 1991) 5.11 Worked bone objects (by Sarah Newns, 2015) 5.12 The jet bead SF627 (by Sarah Newns, 2015) 5.13 Faunal remains (by Dr Simon Davis, 1992, updated 2015) 5.14 Charred plant remains (by Wendy Carruthers, 1995, updated 2015) 5.15 Molluscs (by Dr Matt Law, 2014) 6 Independent Dating 6.1 Radiocarbon dating (Queens University Belfast, 1991, reviewed and updated by Dr Peter Marshall, 2015) 6.

2 Comment on the 1991 radiocarbon dates (by Andrew Young, 1991, revised 2015) 7 Reconstructing Late Saxon and Medieval Eckweek (2015) 7.1 The medieval buildings and structures 7.2 Artefacts: the character and distribution of Late Saxon and medieval finds 7.3 Artefactual evidence for settlement development - continuity and change 7.4 Artefacts and ecofacts - general conclusions 7.5 The agricultural and domestic economy 8 Synthesis 8.1 Prehistoric activity 8.2 Late Saxon and medieval settlement Bibliography Index.