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Assemblage urbanism. Becoming urban in late medieval Southampton

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 November 2018

Ben Jervis
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Abstract

It is proposed that assemblage theory offers the possibility of exploring archaeological evidence in innovative ways, in order to write alternative narratives of urban development. By combining historical and archaeological scholarship with work in contemporary urban geography, it is proposed that the concept of urban decline in the later Middle Ages is problematic and a more fruitful alternative approach would be to focus on the transformation of urban assemblages. These ideas are explored by drawing upon archaeological evidence from Southampton, UK.

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medievalurbanassemblage theoryurban declineSouthamptonagencytemporality
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Archaeological Dialogues , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , December 2018 , pp. 135 - 160
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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