Britain BC: Life in Britain and Ireland Before the Romans
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Britain BC: Life in Britain and Ireland Before the Romans
Britain BC: Life in Britain and Ireland Before the Romans

Britain BC: Life in Britain and Ireland Before the Romans

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Francis Pryor (Author)  

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An authoritative and radical rethinking of the history of Ancient Britain and Ancient Ireland, based on remarkable new archaeological finds. British history is traditionally regarded as having started with the Roman Conquest. But this is to ignore half a million years of prehistory that still exert a profound influence. Here Francis Pryor examines the great ceremonial landscapes of Ancient Britain and Ireland - Stonehenge, Seahenge, Avebury and the Bend of the Boyne - as well as the discarded artefacts of day-to-day life, to create an astonishing portrait of our ancestors. This major re-revaluation of pre-Roman Britain, made possible in part by aerial photography and coastal erosion, reveals a much more sophisticated life in Ancient Britain and Ireland than has previously been supposed. 50 b/w illus, 64 col plates (32pp), (4 x 8pp four-colour plate sections), Index
Dr Francis Pryor, author of the acclaimed 'Seahenge', 'Britain BC', 'Britain AD' and 'Britain in the Middle Ages: An Archaeological History', has spent thirty years studying the prehistory of the Fens. He has excavated sites as diverse as Bronze Age farms and religious sites, field systems and entire Iron Age villages, as well as barrows, 'henges' and a large ceremonial centre dating to 3800 BC. He is President of the Council for British Archaeology, and frequently appears on Channel 4's popular archaeology programme 'Time Team'. In 2003 he wrote and presented a two-part television series on 'Britain BC', and in 2004 made a three-part series on 'Britain AD'.
  • Contributor: Francis Pryor
  • Imprint: HarperPerennial
  • ISBN13: 9780007126934
  • Number of Pages: 544
  • Packaged Dimensions: 129x198x36mm
  • Packaged Weight: 390
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Release Date: 2004-09-06
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Dr Francis Pryor, author of the acclaimed 'Seahenge', 'Britain BC', 'Britain AD' and 'Britain in the Middle Ages: An Archaeological History', has spent thirty years studying the prehistory of the Fens. He has excavated sites as diverse as Bronze Age farms and religious sites, field systems and entire Iron Age villages, as well as barrows, 'henges' and a large ceremonial centre dating to 3800 BC. He is President of the Council for British Archaeology, and frequently appears on Channel 4's popular archaeology programme 'Time Team'. In 2003 he wrote and presented a two-part television series on 'Britain BC', and in 2004 made a three-part series on 'Britain AD'.

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