The archaeology of Britain : an introduction from earliest times to the twenty-first century /

The archaeology of Britain : an introduction from earliest times to the twenty-first century /

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The Archaeology of Britain is the only concise and up-to-date introduction to the archaeological record of Britain from the reoccupation of the landmass by Homo sapiens during the later stages of the most recent Ice Age until last century. This fully revised second edition extends its coverage, incl...

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Other Authors: Hunter, John, 1949-, Ralston, Ian
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009
London ; New York : 2009
Edition:2nd ed
Subjects:
Excavations (Archaeology) > Great Britain
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Grande-Bretagne
Antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)
HISTORY
Great Britain > Antiquities
Great Britain
Table of Contents:
  • BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; 1 BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY SINCE THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR; 2 THE LATEGLACIAL OR LATEST PALAEOLITHIC OCCUPATION OF BRITAIN; 3 HUNTER-GATHERERS OF THE MESOLITHIC; 4 THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD, C. 4000-2400 CAL BC: A changing world; 5 THE EARLIER BRONZE AGE; 6 THE LATER BRONZE AGE; 7 THE IRON AGE; 8 ROMAN BRITAIN: The military dimension; 9 ROMAN BRITAIN: Civil and rural society; 10 EARLY HISTORIC BRITAIN; 11 CELTIC BRITAIN IN THE EARLY HISTORIC PERIOD; 12 THE SCANDINAVIAN PRESENCE
  • British archaeology since the end of the Second World War
  • The lateglacial or late and final upper palaeolithic colonization of Britain
  • Hunter-gathers of the mesolithic
  • The neolithic period, c. 4000-2500/2200 BC
  • The earlier bronze age
  • The later bronze age
  • The iron age
  • Roman Britain : the military dimension
  • Roman Britain : civil and rural society
  • The Celtic West and North
  • Early historic Britain
  • The Scandinavian presence
  • Landscapes of the middle ages : towns 1050-1500
  • Landscapes of the middle ages : churches, castles and monasteries
  • Landscapes of the middles ages : rural settlement and manors
  • The historical geography of Britain from AD 1500 : landscape and townscape
  • The workshop of the world : the industrial revolution
  • The archaeology of twentieth century Britain
  • Reeling in the years : the past in the present
  • 13 LANDSCAPES OF THE MIDDLE AGES: Towns 1050-150014 LANDSCAPES OF THE MIDDLE AGES: Churches, castles and monasteries; 15 LANDSCAPES OF THE MIDDLE AGES: Rural settlement and manors; 16 BRITAIN FROM AD 1500: Landscape and townscape; 17 THE WORKSHOP OF THE WORLD: The industrial revolution; 18 THE MODERN AGE; 19 REELING IN THE YEARS: The past in the present; INDEX

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