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Prehistoric Britain

Excavations at Downlands, Walmer, Kent
by Crispin Jarman
Evidence for prehistoric and Romano-British settlement was recently discovered on the southern outskirts of Walmer in Kent. The prehistoric occupation commenced in the late Bronze Age and continued into the early part of the middle Iron Age, the main phase of occupation being from c 600-350 BC. Roman activity began very soon after the conquest and continued until at least the third century when a large aisled building, possibly a barn associated ...
Paperback. Price GB £15.00

Interpreting Landscapes: Geologies, Topographies, Identities
by Christopher Tilley
Instead of studying the prehistory of Britain from Mesolithic to Iron Age times in terms of periods or artifact classifications, Tilley examines it through the lens of their geology and landscapes, asserting the fundamental significance of the bones of the land in the process of human occupation over the long durée. Granite uplands, rolling chalk downlands, sandstone moorlands, and pebbled hilltops each create their own potentialities and ...
Paperback. Price GB £35.95
Hardback. Price GB £75.95

Irby, Wirral: Excavations on a Late Prehistoric, Romano-British and Medieval Site 1987-96
by Robert A. Philpott and Mark H. Adams
A chance find of Roman pottery in a garden at Irby, Wirral in the 1940s led in 1987 to the discovery of an important and long-lived settlement site by archaeologists from National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside (now National Museums Liverpool). Excavating from 1987 to 1996 in a series of suburban gardens, they found evidence for a long sequence of occupation from the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Romano-British, early medieval and later medieval ...
Paperback. Price GB £16.00

John Aubrey and Stone Circles
by Aubrey Burl
This engaging biography tells the story of John Aubreys colourful life, with a definite focus on his pioneering archaeological work. Although in his own day he was better known for his often scurrillous Brief Lives, Aubrey (1626-97) was responsible for the first systematic study of Britains stone circles, surveying monuments up and down the country. It was this innovation of fieldwork, Burl argues which made Aubreys work so important, as well as ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price GB £25.00, Our Price GB £9.95

Neolithic to Saxon Social and Environmental Change at Mount Farm, Berinsfield, Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
by George Lambrick
Excavations at Mount Farm revealed a long sequence of activity running from the early Neolithic to the early Saxon period. The most significant finds include early Neolithic pit deposits, a middle Neolithic oval barrow associated with a primary burial and a secondary Beaker burial, a timber post-ring, an earlier Bronze Age round barrow associated with Deverel-Rimbury secondary burials, a later Bronze Age waterhole and burnt mound, extensive ...
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Prehistoric Cumbria
by David Barrowclough
In this follow-up to his Prehistoric Lancashire, David Barrowlclough continues his survey of the Prehistoric archaeology of the north-west, bringing together all the latest excavations and research in a clear scholarly synthesis. After an introduction to the physical landscape of Cumbria, and to the history of archaeology in the region, Barrowclough proceeds in roughly chronological order, with sections on each of the main phases of ...
Paperback. Price GB £19.99

Silbury: Resolving the Enigma
by Michael Dames
In this heavily updated rewrite of his 1976 The Silbury Treasure Michael Dames sets out a very different approach to understanding Silbury Hill and presents some fairly confident conclusions as to its function and symbolism. Dames' approach is rooted in social antropology and folklore, and he is highly critical of archaeologists and what he sees as the "single methodological straightjacket" of scientific enquiry. Instead he builds up a ...
Paperback. Price GB £14.99

Social Relations in Later Prehistory: Wessex in the First Millennium BC
by Niall Sharples
In this fully illustrated study, Niall Sharples examine the complex social relationships of the Wessex region of southern England in the first millennium BC. He considers the nature of the landscape and manner of its organization, the methods that bring people together into large communities, the role of the individual, and how the region relates to other regions of Britain and Europe. These thematic concerns cover a detailed analysis of the ...
Hardback. Price GB £88.00

The Story of Silbury Hill
by Jim Leary and David Field
Silbury Hill in Wiltshire is the tallest prehistoric human-made mound in Europe, similar in size to some of the smaller Egyptian pyramids. This new book, from authors with unrivalled information and knowledge of Silbury Hill, sets out the archaeological story of Silbury: from an early recognition of its importance to antiquarian and archaeological investigations of the hill. The book describes each event, setting it within its own historical and ...
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To the Islands: An Archaeologist's Relentless Quest to Find the Prehistoric
by Steven Mithen
This engaging book, written with all the flair which Steven Mithens wide readership have come to expect, is an unusual prospect as archaeological works go - as much memoir as monograph. Mithen focuses on one aspect of his archaeological career, his overwhelming passion for the Mesolithic of the Hebrides, recounting in roughly chronological order, and in a highly personal style, almost like a diary, his research, excavations and theories, as well ...
Hardback. Price GB £15.99