Interim overview reports on the test pit excavations have been published each year in Medieval Settlement Research, the journal of the Medieval Settlement Research Group – these are all listed here. Archive reports have been compiled when excavation finishes in each settlement and submitted to Oasis and the Archaeological Data Service – many of these are listed here., along with other published papers arising from this research. Papers pertaining primarily to public engagement with the project are listed on the Public Engagement pages of this site.
Lewis, C. 2020. Reconstructing the impact of demographic collapse on later medieval rural settlements” in C Gerrard, P Brown and P Forlin (eds) Waiting for the End of the World: The history and archaeology of disaster and risk in medieval Europe. Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph Series vol 43, 298-327.
Lewis, C. 2020. A thousand years of change: new perspectives on rural settlement development from test pit excavations in eastern England. Medieval Settlement Research 35, 26-46.
Lewis, C. 2019. ‘Test pit excavation within occupied settlements in East Anglia in 2018.’ Medieval Settlement Research 34, 73-82.
Lewis, C. 2019. ‘Test pit excavation as a method for reconstructing the development of currently occupied rural settlements: evidence from England” in J. Fernando Fdez (ed) Archaeology of medieval villages currently inhabited in Europe. Oxford: Archaeopress, 7-34.
Lewis, C. 2019. ‘New evidence for the transformative impact of depopulation on medieval rural settlements in England from archaeological test-pit excavation” in Brady, N. (ed) Ruralia XII: Transitions and Transformation in the Medieval and Early Modern Countryside. Leiden: Sidestone Press.
Lewis, C. 2018. ‘Test pit excavation within occupied settlements in East Anglia in 2017.’ Medieval Settlement Research 33, 74-85.
Lewis, C. 2017. ‘Test pit excavation within occupied settlements in East Anglia in 2016.’ Medieval Settlement Research 32, 70-78.
Collins, C., Lewis, C. and Pryor, A. 2017. Archaeological Test Pit Excavations in Nayland, Suffolk, 2012 and 2014. Cambridge: Access Cambridge Archaeology. University of Cambridge excavation report published on Oasis and ADS.
Lewis, C. 2016. Test pit excavation within occupied settlements in East Anglia in 2015.’ Medieval Settlement Research 31, 53-62.
Lewis, C. 2016. Disaster Recovery? – New archaeological evidence from eastern England for the impact of the ‘calamitous’ 14th century’ Antiquity Volume 90, Issue 351, 777-797.
Lewis, C. 2016. ‘Plague pits: Pot sherds and the shock of the Black Death.’ British Archaeology vol 15, 48-55.
Lewis, C. 2015. ‘Test pit excavation within occupied settlements in East Anglia in 2014.’ Medieval Settlement Research 30, 39-49.
Lewis, C. 2015. ‘Archaeological Excavation and Deep Mapping in Historic Rural Communities’ Humanities 2015:4, 393–417.
Lewis, C. 2014. ‘Test pit excavation within occupied settlements in East Anglia in 2013’ in Medieval Settlement Research 29, 66-81.
Lewis, C. 2014. The Power of Pits: Archaeology, outreach and research in living landscapes’ in K. Boyle, R. Rabett and C. Hunt (eds) Living in the Landscape. Cambridge, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Monograph, 321-338.
Lewis, C. and Ranson, C. 2014. Archaeological Test Pit excavations at Southwold and Reydon, Suffolk. University of Cambridge excavation report published on Oasis and ADS.
Lewis, C. and Ranson, C. 2014. Archaeological Test Pit excavations at Great Bowden, Leicestershire. University of Cambridge excavation report published on Oasis and ADS.
Lewis, C. 2013. ‘Test pit excavation within occupied settlements in East Anglia in 2012’ in Medieval Settlement Research 28.
Lewis, C. and Baillie, B. 2013. Archaeological Test Pit excavations at West Wickham, Cambridgeshire. University of Cambridge excavation report published on Oasis and ADS.
Lewis, C. and Prior, A. 2013. Archaeological Test Pit excavations at Toft, Cambridgeshire. University of Cambridge excavation report published on Oasis and ADS.
Lewis, C. and Prior, A. 2013. Archaeological Test Pit excavations at Meldreth, Cambridgeshire. University of Cambridge excavation report published on Oasis and ADS.
Lewis, C. and Prior, A. 2013. Archaeological Test Pit excavations at Shillington, Bedfordshire. University of Cambridge excavation report published on Oasis and ADS.
Lewis, C. 2012. ‘Test pit excavation within occupied settlements in East Anglia in 2011’ in Medieval Settlement Research 27, 42-56.
Lewis, C. and Ranson, C. 2012. Archaeological Test Pit excavations at Clavering, Essex. University of Cambridge excavation report published on Oasis and ADS.
Lewis, C. and Ranson, C. 2012. Archaeological Test Pit Excavations at Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire. University of Cambridge excavation report published on Oasis and ADS.
Lewis, C. 2011. Test pit excavation within occupied settlements in East Anglia in 2010’ in Medieval Settlement Research 26. 48-59.
Lewis, C. 2010. ‘Test pit excavation within currently occupied settlements in East Anglia in 2009’ in Medieval Settlement Research Group Annual Report 24, 43-58
Lewis, C. 2010. ‘Exploring black holes: Recent investigations in currently occupied rural settlements in Eastern England’ in N. Higham and M Ryan (eds) The Landscape Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England (Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies Series) (Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer), 83-105.
Lewis, C. 2009. ‘Test pit excavation within currently occupied settlements in East Anglia in 2008’ in Medieval Settlement Research Group Annual Report 23, 60-68
Lewis, C. 2008. ‘Test pit excavation within currently occupied settlements in East Anglia in 2007’ in Medieval Settlement Research Group Annual Report 22, 48-56
Lewis, C 2007. ‘New avenues in the investigation of currently-occupied rural settlements – preliminary results from the Higher Education Field Academy’ in Medieval Archaeology 51, 133-164
Lewis, C. 2006. ‘Test pit excavation within currently occupied settlements in East Anglia in 2006’ in Medieval Settlement Research Group Annual Report 21, 37-44
Lewis, C. 2005. ‘Test pit excavation within currently occupied settlements in East Anglia in 2005’ in Medieval Settlement Research Group Annual Report 20, 9-16