http://www.carlanayland.org/ New items and articles on Carla Nayland's website Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:48:04 GMT ListGarden Program 1.3.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.carlanayland.org/reviews/young_bess.htm A powerful portrayal of Elizabeth I as a young girl and her relationship with Tom Seymour, told in elegant prose and with superb characterisation. First in a trilogy. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:47:33 GMT http://www.carlanayland.org/reviews/stolen_crown.htm Unsentimental portrayal of the turbulent events surrounding the short and ill-starred reign of Richard III, and in particular the dramatic role played by Henry Stafford Duke of Buckingham. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:21:07 GMT http://www.carlanayland.org/essays/wood_turning.htm Wood was the standard material for tableware in early (Anglo-Saxon) England, and was used even by wealthy individuals like the king buried at Sutton Hoo. How would wooden cups and bowls have been made? Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:20:21 GMT http://www.carlanayland.org/ingeld/reader_reports.htm New reader reports and reviews added on Ingelds Daughter Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:40:23 GMT http://www.carlanayland.org/essays/wooden_tableware.htm Early English (Anglo-Saxon) settlement sites tend to yield less pottery than Roman and medieval sites, suggesting that either Anglo-Saxon pottery does not survive well or that it was replaced by other materials for some applications, such as tableware. Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:41:03 GMT http://www.carlanayland.org/essays/human_sacrifice_rite.htm If human sacrifice was practised at all in early England (which is by no means proven), can Norse legends and the archaeological evidence of the Iron Age bog bodies from Britain and Northern Europe provide any clues about the rites that might have been used? Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:12:18 GMT