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Titolo: |
The archaeology of Britain : an introduction from earliest times to the twenty-first century / / edited by John Hunter and Ian Ralston
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Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2009 |
Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (477 p.) |
Disciplina: | 941 |
Soggetto topico: | Excavations (Archaeology) - Great Britain |
Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain Antiquities |
Altri autori: |
HunterJohn <1949->
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
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 | |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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, including greater detail on the first millennium AD beyond the Anglo-Saxon domain, and into recent times to look at the archaeological record produced by Britain's central role in two World Wars and the Cold War. The chapters are written by experts in their respective fields. Each is geared to provide a |
Titolo autorizzato: | The archaeology of Britain ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-135-18957-9 |
1-135-18958-7 | |
1-282-59040-5 | |
9786612590405 | |
0-203-86195-7 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910780811103321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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