The prehistory of Britain and Ireland / Richard Bradley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bradley, Richard, 1946-

Series:

Cambridge world archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prehistoric peoples--Great Britain.

Prehistoric peoples.

Antiquities, Prehistoric.

Great Britain.

Prehistoric peoples--Ireland.

Ireland.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Great Britain.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Excavations (Archaeology)--Ireland.

Antiquities, Prehistoric--Great Britain.

Antiquities, Prehistoric--Ireland.

Physical Description:

xviii, 321 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Summary:

This book presents a new interpretation of the prehistory of Britain and Ireland and is the first in many years to consider both regions together. Richard Bradley begins the account when Britain became separated from the Continent and he ends with the integration of the two islands into a wider European network shortly before the Roman Conquest. Using both textual and material documentation, he also distils the results of recent fieldwork, much of it funded by commercial developers, which has greatly expanded the quantity and variety of excavated evidence. Bradley also compares the archaeology of both islands and discusses the varied ways in which their inhabitants lived their lives. Intended as an interpretation rather than a manual this book is primarily concerned with settlements, landscapes, monuments, and the evidence for regional variation. All of these topics are discussed in relation to contemporary approaches to prehistory. Treating Britain and Ireland on equal terms, Bradley also aims to avoid the emphasis on a few well-researched areas, an approach that characterized previous accounts of this subject.

Contents:

Preface

The offshore islands

A new beginning

North and south

Ploughshares into swords

The end of prehistory.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-306) and index.

ISBN:

0521848113

9780521848114

0521612705

9780521612708

OCLC:

69027985

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