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the general picture 351<br />

Fig. 12 The distribution <strong>of</strong> one type <strong>of</strong> pot (Form c51) produced by the third/fourth-century<br />

Roman potteries located in the area <strong>of</strong> modern Oxford. (From Peacock (1982) fig. 56)<br />

more commonly as gifts and objects <strong>of</strong> political exchange than as objects<br />

<strong>of</strong> commerce. 7<br />

The nature <strong>of</strong> the early Anglo-Saxon economy is well reflected in the<br />

Sutton Hoo ship-burial <strong>of</strong> c. a.d. 625. This contained items both wonderful<br />

7 Esmonde Cleary (1989); Millett (1990) 157–230.<br />

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