TY - SER AU - Peacock,D.P.S. TI - Charlemagne's black stones: the re-use of Roman columns in early medieval Europe KW - ANTROPOLOGIA N1 - Antiquity 71 (1999): 709-715 N2 - What were the 'black stones' about which Charlemagne wrote to King Offa of Mercia just before AD 800? How do these special blocks fit into the broader pattern in re-using Roman columns in early medieval buildings? ER -