JOHN HINES is Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University. NELLEKE IJSSENNAGGER-VAN DER PLUIJM is Director of the Fryske Akademy, Leeuwarden. JOHN HINES is Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University. NELLEKE IJSSENNAGGER-VAN DER PLUIJM is Director of the Fryske Akademy, Leeuwarden.

Frisians of the Early Middle Ages is certainly worth purchasing. A nice 'extra' are the transcripts of the discussions at the symposium, which sometimes are as insightful as the chapters themselves. In essence, it is an excellent volume to dip in and out of.

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. Frisians of the Early Middle Ages: An Archaeoethnological PerspectiveNelleke IJssennagger-van der Pluijm, John Hines and Ian Wood2. For Daily Use and Special Moments: Material Culture in Frisia, AD 400-1000Egge Knol3. The Frisians and their Pottery: Social Relations before and after the Fourth Century ADAnnet Nieuwhof4. Landscape, Trade and Power in Early-medieval FrisiaGilles de Langen and J. A. Mol5. Law and Political Organisation of the Early Medieval Frisians (c. AD 600-800)Han Nijdam6. Recent Developments in Early-medieval Settlement Archaeology: The North Frisian Point of ViewBente Sven Majchczack7. Franks and FrisiansIan Wood8. Mirror Histories: Frisians and Saxons from the First to the Ninth Century ADRobert Flierman9. Structured by the Sea: Rethinking Maritime Connectivity of the Early-medieval FrisiansNelleke IJssennagger-van der Pluijm10. Art, Symbolism and the Expression of Group Identities in Early-medieval FrisiaJ. A. W. Nicolay11. Religion and Conversion amongst the FrisiansJohn Hines12. Traces of a North Sea Germanic Idiom in the Fifth-Seventh Centuries ADArjen P. Versloot13. Runic Literacy in North-West Europe, with a Focus on FrisiaTineke LooijengaFinal DiscussionList of Contributors

JOHN HINES is Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University. NELLEKE IJSSENNAGGER-VAN DER PLUIJM is Director of the Fryske Akademy, Leeuwarden. JOHN HINES is Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University. NELLEKE IJSSENNAGGER-VAN DER PLUIJM is Director of the Fryske Akademy, Leeuwarden.

Frisians of the Early Middle Ages is certainly worth purchasing. A nice 'extra' are the transcripts of the discussions at the symposium, which sometimes are as insightful as the chapters themselves. In essence, it is an excellent volume to dip in and out of.

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. Frisians of the Early Middle Ages: An Archaeoethnological PerspectiveNelleke IJssennagger-van der Pluijm, John Hines and Ian Wood2. For Daily Use and Special Moments: Material Culture in Frisia, AD 400-1000Egge Knol3. The Frisians and their Pottery: Social Relations before and after the Fourth Century ADAnnet Nieuwhof4. Landscape, Trade and Power in Early-medieval FrisiaGilles de Langen and J. A. Mol5. Law and Political Organisation of the Early Medieval Frisians (c. AD 600-800)Han Nijdam6. Recent Developments in Early-medieval Settlement Archaeology: The North Frisian Point of ViewBente Sven Majchczack7. Franks and FrisiansIan Wood8. Mirror Histories: Frisians and Saxons from the First to the Ninth Century ADRobert Flierman9. Structured by the Sea: Rethinking Maritime Connectivity of the Early-medieval FrisiansNelleke IJssennagger-van der Pluijm10. Art, Symbolism and the Expression of Group Identities in Early-medieval FrisiaJ. A. W. Nicolay11. Religion and Conversion amongst the FrisiansJohn Hines12. Traces of a North Sea Germanic Idiom in the Fifth-Seventh Centuries ADArjen P. Versloot13. Runic Literacy in North-West Europe, with a Focus on FrisiaTineke LooijengaFinal DiscussionList of Contributors

JOHN HINES is Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University. NELLEKE IJSSENNAGGER-VAN DER PLUIJM is Director of the Fryske Akademy, Leeuwarden. JOHN HINES is Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University. NELLEKE IJSSENNAGGER-VAN DER PLUIJM is Director of the Fryske Akademy, Leeuwarden.

Frisians of the Early Middle Ages is certainly worth purchasing. A nice 'extra' are the transcripts of the discussions at the symposium, which sometimes are as insightful as the chapters themselves. In essence, it is an excellent volume to dip in and out of.

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. Frisians of the Early Middle Ages: An Archaeoethnological PerspectiveNelleke IJssennagger-van der Pluijm, John Hines and Ian Wood2. For Daily Use and Special Moments: Material Culture in Frisia, AD 400-1000Egge Knol3. The Frisians and their Pottery: Social Relations before and after the Fourth Century ADAnnet Nieuwhof4. Landscape, Trade and Power in Early-medieval FrisiaGilles de Langen and J. A. Mol5. Law and Political Organisation of the Early Medieval Frisians (c. AD 600-800)Han Nijdam6. Recent Developments in Early-medieval Settlement Archaeology: The North Frisian Point of ViewBente Sven Majchczack7. Franks and FrisiansIan Wood8. Mirror Histories: Frisians and Saxons from the First to the Ninth Century ADRobert Flierman9. Structured by the Sea: Rethinking Maritime Connectivity of the Early-medieval FrisiansNelleke IJssennagger-van der Pluijm10. Art, Symbolism and the Expression of Group Identities in Early-medieval FrisiaJ. A. W. Nicolay11. Religion and Conversion amongst the FrisiansJohn Hines12. Traces of a North Sea Germanic Idiom in the Fifth-Seventh Centuries ADArjen P. Versloot13. Runic Literacy in North-West Europe, with a Focus on FrisiaTineke LooijengaFinal DiscussionList of Contributors