The Archaeology of Britain

An Introduction from Earliest Times to the Twenty-First Century

Stephen Driscoll, Vicki Cummings (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

552 Seiten

2025 | 3rd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-33416-8 (ISBN)

Infos

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 third edition extends its coverage, and includes updates relating to the latest research and advances in scientific dating and other techniques. This includes the results of the latest analyses of ancient DNA, alongside new isotopic studies which enable insights into ancient diets.

The chapters are written by experts in their respective fields. Each is geared to provide an authoritative but accessible introduction, supported by numerous illustrations of key sites and finds and a selective reference list to aid study in greater depth. It provides a one-stop textbook for the entire archaeology of Britain and reflects the most recent developments in archaeology both as a field subject and as an academic discipline.

No other book provides such comprehensive coverage, with such a wide chronological range, of the archaeology of Britain. This collection is essential reading for undergraduates in archaeology, and all those interested in British archaeology, history and geography.

Autor

Stephen T. Driscoll is a Professor of Historical Archaeology at the University of Glasgow. Vicki Cummings is a Professor of Neolithic Archaeology at Cardiff University.

Inhalt

List of contributors; 1 British Archaeology in the 21st century: an introduction; 2. The Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain 850,000 to 11,500 years ago; 3. Hunter-Gatherers of the Mesolithic; 4. The Early Neolithic; 5. The Middle and Late Neolithic; 6. The Early Bronze Age; 7. The Middle and Late Bronze Age; 8. The Iron Age; 9 Roman Britain: the military dimension; 10 Roman Britain: Civil; 11 Early Historic Britain; 12 Early Medieval Celtic Britain: The Early Historic Period; 13 Viking Britain; 14 Landscapes of the Middle Ages Towns 1050–1500; 15 Landscapes of the Middle Ages. Castles, churches and monasteries: the state, law, and belief; 16 Landscapes of the Middle Ages: Rural settlement and manors; 17 Britain From AD 1500 to 1830; 18 The Spoils Of Industry: The Archaeology Of The 18th And 19th Centuries; 19 The Plastic Age; 20 Britain’s historic environment: Our past in the present; Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.6.2025
• Zusatzinfo: 1 Tables, black and white; 186 Halftones, black and white; 186 Illustrations, black and white
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 174 x 246 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• ISBN-10: 1-138-33416-2 / 1138334162
• ISBN-13: 978-1-138-33416-8 / 9781138334168
• Zustand: Neuware