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  • From Machair to Mountains

    Archaeological Survey And Excavation in South Uist

    by Michael Parker Pearson ...
    South Uist in the Outer Hebrides has some of the best preserved archaeological remains within Britain and even further afield. Three distinct ecological zones - grassland machair plain, peaty blackland and mountains - each bear the imprint of human occupation over many millennia. The machair strip, long uninhabited, is filled with hundreds of settlement mounds, occupied from the Beaker period 4 ... Read more

    $30.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bronze Age Britain

    by Michael Parker Pearson ...
    During the Neolithic and Bronze Age - a period covering some 4,000 years from the beginnings of farming by stone-using communities to the end of the era in which bronze was an important material for weapons and tools - the face of Britain changed profoundly, from a forest wilderness to a large patchwork of open ground and managed woodland. The axe was replaced as a key symbol, first by the dagger ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • Architecture and Order

    Approaches to Social Space

    Edited by Michael Parker Pearson, Colin Richards ...
    Series series Material Cultures
    Architecture is a powerful medium for representing, ordering and classifying the world, and understanding the use of space is fundamental to archaeological inquiry. Architecture and Order draws on the work of archaeologists, social theorists and architects to explore the way in which people relate to the architecture which surrounds them. In many societies, houses and tombs have encoded cultural ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

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  • Britain BC

    Life in Britain and Ireland Before the Romans (Text Only)

    by Francis Pryor ...
    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 ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Scenes from Prehistoric Life

    From the Ice Age to the Coming of the Romans

    by Francis Pryor ...
    An invigorating journey through Britain's prehistoric landscape, and an insight into the lives of its inhabitants.'Highly compelling' Spectator, Books of the Year'An evocative foray into the prehistoric past' BBC Countryfile Magazine'Vividly relating what life was like in pre-Roman Britain' Choice Magazine'Makes life in Britain BC often sound rather more appealing than the frenetic ... ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

  • The History of the Countryside

    by Dr Oliver Rackham ...
    From its earliest origins to the present day, this award-winning, beautifully written book describes the endlessly changing character of Britain's countryside.'A classic' Richard MabeyExploring the natural and man-made features of the land - fields, highways, hedgerows, fens, marshes, rivers, heaths, coasts, woods and wood pastures - he shows conclusively and unforgettably how they have developed ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Orcadia

    Land, Sea and Stone in Neolithic Orkney

    by Mark Edmonds ...
    The Orcadian archipelago is a museum of archaeological wonders.The Orcadian Neolithic is home to some of the best-preserved Neolithic sites in Europe: here we can find evidence of a dynamic society with connections binding Orkney to Ireland, to southern Britain and to continental Europe. Yet there is much that remains unknown about the societies that created these sites.In Orcadia, Mark Edmonds ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Peat and Peat Cutting

    by Ian Rotherham ...
    Series Book 483 - Shire Library
    For thousands of years peat was the main fuel that that warmed houses all over the British Isles, and the mark of the peat cutter is written deep in the landscape.This book is a celebration of a cultural history that extended from the Iron Age to the twentieth century. It tells the story of the use of peat for fuel in the British Isles, and the people who cut it. It also examines the methods of ... Read more

    $9.69 USD

  • The Biggest Estate on Earth

    How Aborigines made Australia

    by Bill Gammage ...
    Explodes the myth that pre-settlement Australia was an untamed wilderness revealing the complex, country-wide systems of land management used by Aboriginal people. Across Australia, early Europeans commented again and again that the land looked like a park. With extensive grassy patches and pathways, open woodlands and abundant wildlife, it evoked a country estate in England. Bill Gammage has ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • A History of Ancient Britain

    by Neil Oliver ...
    Who were the first Britons, and what sort of world did they occupy?In A History of Ancient Britain, much-loved historian Neil Oliver turns a spotlight on the very beginnings of the story of Britain; on the first people to occupy these islands and their battle for survival.There has been human habitation in Britain, regularly interrupted by Ice Ages, for the best part of a million years. The last ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Archaeological Theory

    An Introduction

    by Matthew Johnson ...
    Archaeological Theory, 2nd Edition is the most current and comprehensive introduction to the field available. Thoroughly revised and updated, this engaging text offers students an ideal entry point to the major concepts and ongoing debates in archaeological research.New edition of a popular introductory text that explores the increasing diversity of approaches to archaeological theoryFeatures more ... Read more

    $98.00 USD

  • Ancestors

    A prehistory of Britain in seven burials

    by Alice Roberts ...
    An extraordinary exploration of the ancestry of Britain through seven burial sites. By using new advances in genetics and taking us through important archaeological discoveries, Professor Alice Roberts helps us better understand life today.‘This is a terrific, timely and transporting book - taking us heart, body and mind beyond history, to the fascinating truth of the prehistoric past and the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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