The Archaeology of Britain: An Introduction from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Industrial Revolution

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of figures......Page 8
List of contributors......Page 12
Preface......Page 15
BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY SINCE THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR Ian Ralston and John Hunter......Page 16
THE LATEGLACIAL OR LATE AND FINAL UPPER PALAEOLITHIC COLONIZATION OF BRITAIN Nicholas Barton......Page 28
HUNTER-GATHERERS OF THE MESOLITHIC Steven Mithen......Page 50
THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD, c.4000  2500/2200 BC: CHANGING THE WORLD Alasdair Whittle......Page 73
THE EARLIER BRONZE AGE Mike Parker Pearson......Page 92
THE LATER BRONZE AGE Timothy Champion......Page 110
THE IRON AGE Colin Haselgrove......Page 128
ROMAN BRITAIN: THE MILITARY DIMENSION W.S.Hanson......Page 150
ROMAN BRITAIN: CIVIL AND RURAL SOCIETY Simon Esmonde Cleary......Page 172
EARLY HISTORIC BRITAIN Catherine Hills......Page 191
THE SCANDINAVIAN PRESENCE Julian D.Richards......Page 209
LANDSCAPES OF THE MIDDLE AGES: TOWNS 1050  1500 John Schofield......Page 225
LANDSCAPES OF THE MIDDLE AGES: CHURCHES, CASTLES AND MONASTERIES Roberta Gilchrist......Page 243
LANDSCAPES OF THE MIDDLE AGES: RURAL SETTLEMENT AND MANORS Paul Stamper......Page 262
THE HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF BRITAIN FROM AD 1500: LANDSCAPE AND TOWNSCAPE Ian Whyte......Page 279
THE WORKSHOP OF THE WORLD: THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Kate Clark......Page 295
REELING IN THE YEARS: THE PAST IN THE PRESENT Timothy Darvill......Page 312
Index......Page 331