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==Areas of expertise==
The study of medieval archaeology often focuses on specific kinds of settlement pattern.
===Rural settlements and landscapes==
Pattern of medieval rural settlements are often quite different from modern time villages. This is true in terms of architecture, outline of the settlements and social structure.
===Medieval towns===
There is a broad spectrum of pre-urban and urban settlements in the Middle Ages (e.g. early medieval trading places at the Northern Sea and the Baltic Sea, former Roman cities and town foundations of the late Middle Ages).
An important field of research is urban archaeology in still existing towns, which is determeined by rescue archaeology.
(which medieval towns?)
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===Medieval monasteries===
In the United Kingdom, the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]] left many monastic sites abandoned. Where monasteries have survived or been converted for other uses, "[[buildings archaeology]]" has also been applied to study their history. Medieval monasteries often held large estates and the study of monastic landscapes is an area of specialised research.<ref>Aston, M. (2000) ''Monasteries in the Landscape.'' Revised Edition. The History Press</ref> There have been two main waves of research in medieval monastic and church archaeology: 1970-1995 and 1995-present. The first wave was influenced by landscape history and processual archaeology; scholarship focused principally on historical, economic and technological questions and targeted individual sites and monuments for study. The second wave has been informed by post-processual approaches and considers change and complexity in religious landscapes and perspectives on religious space, embodiment and agency.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-anthro-102313-025845|title=Monastic and Church Archaeology|last=Gilchrist|first=Roberta|date=2014-10-21|language=en|doi=10.1146/annurev-anthro-102313-025845|access-date=2017-03-08}}</ref>
==See also==
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