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This is the first book for a decade in which prehistoric Britain has been tackled by a single author with a single vision. It is readable throughout and has excellent and wide-ranging illustrations. This is an admirable guide for anyone who wishes to see the current state of prehistory in Britain. - Current Archaeology
Excellent and readable, and informed by a love of the land. - Financial Times
A lively up-to-date introduction. - Oxbow News
With a wide-ranging bibliography and index, Darvills book provides a pleasing introduction to the story of British prehistory. - TLS
Tim Darvill has shown that there is always a place for a well-written account of the subject that makes effective use of modern approaches. - British Archaeological News
...an attractive, appropriately priced and well-pitched volume... - - Antiquity --Ce texte provient de la Hardcover édition.
Excellent and readable, and informed by a love of the land. - Financial Times
A lively up-to-date introduction. - Oxbow News
With a wide-ranging bibliography and index, Darvills book provides a pleasing introduction to the story of British prehistory. - TLS
Tim Darvill has shown that there is always a place for a well-written account of the subject that makes effective use of modern approaches. - British Archaeological News
...an attractive, appropriately priced and well-pitched volume... - - Antiquity --Ce texte provient de la Hardcover édition.
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Britain has been inhabited by humans for over half a million years, during which time there were a great many changes in lifestyles and in the surrounding landscape. This book, now in its second edition, examines the development of human societies in Britain from earliest times to the Roman conquest of AD 43, as revealed by archaeological evidence. Special attention is given to six themes which are traced through prehistory: subsistence, technology, ritual, trade, society, and population.
Prehistoric Britain begins by introducing the background to prehistoric studies in Britain, presenting it in terms of the development of interest in the subject and the changes wrought by new techniques such as radiocarbon dating, and new theories, such as the emphasis on social archaeology. The central sections trace the development of society from the hunter-gatherer groups of the last Ice Age, through the adoption of farming, the introduction of metalworking, and on to the rise of highly organized societies living on the fringes of the mighty Roman Empire in the 1st century AD. Throughout, emphasis is given to documenting and explaining changes within these prehistoric communities, and to exploring the regional variations found in Britain. In this way the wealth of evidence that can be seen in the countryside and in our museums is placed firmly in its proper context. It concludes with a review of the effects of prehistoric communities on life today.
With over 120 illustrations, this is a unique review of Britain's ancient past as revealed by modern archaeology. The revisions and updates to Prehistoric Britain ensure that this will continue to be the most comprehensive and authoritative account of British prehistory for those students and interested readers studying the subject.
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In this age of high technology, mass communication and the passion to record even the most mundane details of everyday life in as many different ways as possible, it is sometimes hard to imagine a time when there was no writing, no sophisticated technology, and communications largely depended on word of mouth. Lire la première page
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