Cooperage

Viking period vessels that can be used to store food.

Subjects covered in this issue: hairstyles for men in 1476; a few 15th century recipes; illustrations of buckets, lanterns, boxes, cooking utensils, and personal goods; and mottoes.

This comprehens ive report represents a landmark in the publicatio n of medieval finds from excavation s in York. It encompasse s very large assemblage s of medieval artefacts of a wide variety of materials, including iron, non-ferrou s metal, stone, jet, amber, fired clay, glass and textile. These were recovered from four major sites in York.

Documentat ion for constructi on of a Viking-age bucket.

Probably the most perfectly preserved medieval bucket in Britain was found at the bottom of a medieval well at Coppergate in York.