A series of eleven papers focusing on various aspects of the archaeology of the East Riding in Yorkshire in the Anglo-Saxon and Early Medieval periods, including the progress of archaeological research, burials, settlement evidence, metalwork, coinage and monuments. Contents: Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire: current research problems (Philip Rahtz) ; Early Medieval burials in East Yorkshire (S J Lucy) ; West Heslerton settlement mobility (Dominic Powlesland) ; Anglo-Saxon settlement and archaeological visibility in the Yorkshire Wolds (J D Richards) ; King Edwin of the Deiri (N J Higham) ; Middle Anglo-Saxon metalwork from South Newbald and the `productive site' phenomenon in Yorkshire (Kevin Leahy) ; Northumbrian coinage and the productive site at South Newbald `Sancton' (James Booth) ; The case for archaeological research at Whitby (Jennie Stopford) ; Monuments from Yorkshire in the Age of Alcuin (Jim Lang) ; Where are Yorkshire's `Terps'? Wetland exploitation in the early medieval period (Robert van der Noort) ; The Bioarchaeology of Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire: present and future perspectives