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Space and place in English morris dance (2021)
Book Chapter
Petts, D. (2021). Space and place in English morris dance. In L. Maloney, & J. Schofield (Eds.), Music and Heritage New Perspectives on Place-making and Sonic Identity. Routledge

Material Responses to the Great Depression in Northeast England (2021)
Journal Article
Petts, D., O’Donnell, R., & Armstrong, K. (2021). Material Responses to the Great Depression in Northeast England. International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 25(4), 1165-1193. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10761-021-00595-7

The Great Depression of the 1920s and 1930s was a global economic crisis, yet to understand its impacts in material terms, it is necessary to recognize that they were situated within specific local and regional contexts. This article, drawing on the... Read More about Material Responses to the Great Depression in Northeast England.

Ecclesiastical Tidescapes: Exploring the Early Medieval Tidal World (2019)
Journal Article
Petts, D. (2019). Ecclesiastical Tidescapes: Exploring the Early Medieval Tidal World. Norwegian Archaeological Review, 52(1), 41-64. https://doi.org/10.1080/00293652.2019.1634754

This paper explores the way in which tides contribute to the construction of complex cognitive landscapes. Drawing on the notion of assembly and process it emphasises how tidescapes are in a constant state of becoming. The early medieval monastery of... Read More about Ecclesiastical Tidescapes: Exploring the Early Medieval Tidal World.

'Rural' Rhetoric in 1930s Unemployment Relief Schemes (2019)
Journal Article
O'Donnell, R., & Petts, D. (2019). 'Rural' Rhetoric in 1930s Unemployment Relief Schemes. Rural History, 30(1), 53-69. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0956793319000049

This article examines the role of particular ideas of the countryside in unemployment relief schemes. While interwar thinking on the countryside has received attention, it has not been examined in the specific context of unemployment relief. This art... Read More about 'Rural' Rhetoric in 1930s Unemployment Relief Schemes.

Early medieval Carham in its Landscape Context (2018)
Book Chapter
Petts, D. (2018). Early medieval Carham in its Landscape Context. In N. McGuigan, & A. Woolf (Eds.), The Battle of Carham: A Thousand Years On (151-173). Birlinn

Materializing Morris Dancing. (2018)
Book Chapter
Petts, D. (2018). Materializing Morris Dancing. In M. Heaney (Ed.), The Histories of the Morris in Britain. Papers from a conference held at Cecil Sharp House, London, 25 - 26 March 2017, organized in partnership by Historical Dance Society with English Folk Dance and Song Society and The Morris Ring, The Morris Federation and Open Morris (331-362). English Folk Dance and Song Society & Historical Dance Society

Power at the Edge: Yeavering, Northumberland, England (2017)
Book Chapter
Semple, S., Buchanan, B., Harrington, S., Oliver, D., & Petts, D. (2017). Power at the Edge: Yeavering, Northumberland, England. In S. Semple, S. Orsini, & S. Mui (Eds.), Life on the Edge: Social, Religious and Political Frontiers in Early Medieval Europe (91-112). Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum with the Internationales Sachsensymposion

Places and spaces: some reflections on reconstructing the spatial organisation of Northumbrian monasteries (2017)
Book Chapter
Petts, D. (2017). Places and spaces: some reflections on reconstructing the spatial organisation of Northumbrian monasteries. In G. Thomas, & A. Knox (Eds.), Early medieval monasticism in the North Sea zone : proceedings of a conference held to celebrate the conclusion of the Lyminge excavations 2008-15 (43-54). Oxford University School of Archaeology

Anglo-Saxon monastic sites were complex places combining religious and economic functions. They were locations where many different communities, secular and ecclesiastical, high and low status, confronted and engaged with each other. They were also c... Read More about Places and spaces: some reflections on reconstructing the spatial organisation of Northumbrian monasteries.

Late Roman military buildings at Binchester (Co. Durham) (2015)
Book Chapter
Petts, D. (2015). Late Roman military buildings at Binchester (Co. Durham). In R. Collins, & M. Weber (Eds.), Roman military architecture on the fronties: Armies and their architecture in Late Antiquity (32-45). Oxbow

Christianity in Roman Britain (2015)
Book Chapter
Petts, D. (2016). Christianity in Roman Britain. In M. Millett, L. Revell, & A. Moore (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of Roman Britain (660-81). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199697731.013.036

Although there is limited evidence for pre-Constantinian Christianity in Roman Britain, it is clear that in the fourth century ad the early church became increasingly widespread, partly owing to the influence of the Roman state. The archaeological ev... Read More about Christianity in Roman Britain.

Christianity and cross-channel connectivity in late and sub-Roman Britain (2014)
Book Chapter
Petts, D. (2014). Christianity and cross-channel connectivity in late and sub-Roman Britain. In F. Haarer, R. Collins, K. Fitzpatrick-Matthews, S. Moorhead, D. Petts, & P. Walton (Eds.), AD410: The History and Archaeology of Late and Post-Roman Britain (73-86). Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

Introduction: Northumbrian Communities (2012)
Book Chapter
Petts, D., & Turner, S. (2012). Introduction: Northumbrian Communities. In D. Petts, & S. Turner (Eds.), Early medieval Northumbria: Kingdoms and Communities AD450-1100 (1-14). Brepols Publishers

The Early Medieval Church in Wales (2009)
Book
Petts, D. (2009). The Early Medieval Church in Wales. The History Press

Christianity arrived in Wales with the Romans and spread rapidly in the early medieval period. Evidence for its success survives in the form of early stone sculpture and inscriptions, reliquaries and other holy objects and frequent references in hist... Read More about The Early Medieval Church in Wales.

Variation in the British burial rite: AD400-700 (2009)
Book Chapter
Petts, D. (2009). Variation in the British burial rite: AD400-700. In D. Sayer, & H. Williams (Eds.), Mortuary practices and social identities in the Middle Ages (207-221). University of Exeter Press

Shared Visions: The North-East Regional Research Framework for the Historic Environment (2006)
Book
Petts, D., & Gerrard, C. (2006). Shared Visions: The North-East Regional Research Framework for the Historic Environment. Durham County Council

This volume sets out a vision for the future of research into archaeology and the historic environment of North-East England. The framework is multi-period and includes an assessment of the current state of knowledge as well as key research questions... Read More about Shared Visions: The North-East Regional Research Framework for the Historic Environment.

The Roman lead tank from Perry Oaks (2006)
Book Chapter
Petts, D. (2006). The Roman lead tank from Perry Oaks. In F. Archaeology (Ed.), Landscape Evolution in the Middle Thames Valley: Heathrow Terminal 5 Excavations Volume 1, Perry Oaks (227-230). Framework Archaeology

Votive Hoards in Late Roman Britain: Pagan or Christian? (2002)
Book Chapter
Petts, D. (2002). Votive Hoards in Late Roman Britain: Pagan or Christian?. In M. Carver (Ed.), The Cross Goes North: Processes of Conversion in Northern Europe, AD 300–1300 (109-118). Boydell & Brewer

The Reuse of Prehistoric Standing Stones in Western Britain? A Critical Consideration of an Aspect of Early Medieval Monument Reuse (2002)
Journal Article
Petts, D. (2002). The Reuse of Prehistoric Standing Stones in Western Britain? A Critical Consideration of an Aspect of Early Medieval Monument Reuse. Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 21(2), 195-209. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0092.00157

The superficial similarity in form of prehistoric standing stones and early medieval western British inscribed stones has sometimes led to the suggestion that the medieval stones were reusing the earlier monuments. In this paper this suggestion is cr... Read More about The Reuse of Prehistoric Standing Stones in Western Britain? A Critical Consideration of an Aspect of Early Medieval Monument Reuse.

Cemeteries and boundaries in western Britain (2002)
Book Chapter
Petts, D. (2002). Cemeteries and boundaries in western Britain. In S. Lucy, & A. Reynolds (Eds.), Burial in early medieval England and Wales (24-46). Society for Medieval Archaeology

Christianity and the End of Roman Britain (1999)
Book Chapter
Petts, D. (1999). Christianity and the End of Roman Britain. In P. Baker, C. Forcey, S. Jundi, & R. Witcher (Eds.), TRAC 98 : Proceedings of the 8th Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, University of Leicester, April 1998 (86-95). Oxbow Books

Burial and gender in late and sub-Roman Britain (1998)
Book Chapter
Petts, D. (1998). Burial and gender in late and sub-Roman Britain. In C. Forcey, J. Hawthorne, & R. Witcher (Eds.), TRAC 97 : Proceedings of the 7th Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, University of Nottingham, April 1997 (112-124). Oxbow Books

Elite settlement in late Roman and sub-Roman Britain (1997)
Book Chapter
Petts, D. (1997). Elite settlement in late Roman and sub-Roman Britain. In K. Meadows, C. Lemke, & J. Heron (Eds.), TRAC 96: Proceedings of the sixth annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Sheffield 1996 (101-112). Oxbow Books