Barbarian Migrations and the Roman West, 376 - 568 (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks)
"This book is important not only as a systematic statement of important  current views on how the last Mediterranean empire of antiquity devolved into  a series of recognisably European polities, but also for its impressive fusion of  seemingly disparate archaeological and literary/historical materials. A genuinely  important contribution to its field, by striving to be accessible to those outside  its discipline, this book should contribute beneficially to wider discussions of  historical change." -The English Historical Review"...should be read by anyone interested in the early Middle Ages, the historical use of archaeological evidence, theories and practices of ethnicity, and, finally the Roman Empire and its ultimate collapse." -M.A. Claussen, Speculum