List of figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
1 The setting
2 An emerging frontier
3 Luguvalium: fabric and townscape
4 Luguvalium: people and economy
5 Late Roman Carlisle to the kingdom of Northumbria
6 Carlisle and an emerging new frontier
7 The Norman takeover
8 A border city
9 Conclusions
Index
Bibliography
Biography
Mike McCarthy, FSA is Emeritus Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Bradford, UK. From 1977 to 2001, he was Director of the Carlisle Archaeological Unit.
Mike McCarthy is widely considered the doyen of Carlisle's archaeology and this book is a product of dedicated fieldwork endeavours there over decades. His work not only calls into question conventional periodisation but outlines pre-urban trajectories, assesses hinterland impacts and finally shows why this frontier settlement matters to its present day inhabitants. A stimulating description of a unique place.
- Steve Roskams, University of York, UK
