Land, power and prestige : Bronze Age field systems in Southern England / David Thomas Yates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yates, David T.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--England, Southern.

Agriculture.

Land use, Rural--England, Southern.

Land use, Rural.

Social archaeology--England, Southern.

Social archaeology.

Antiquities.

England, Southern--Antiquities.

England, Southern.

Southern England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 204 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxbow, [2007]

Language Note:

Abstract also in French and German.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A major phase of economic expansion occurred in southern England during the second and early first millennium BC, accompanied by a fundamental shift in regional power and wealth towards the eastern lowlands. This book offers a synthesis of available data on Bronze Age lowland field systems in England, including a gazetteer of sites. It is argued that the field systems represented a form of conspicuous production, to be understood in relation to the maintenance, display and promotion of hierarchical social systems involved in exchange with their counterparts across the English Channel.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Yates, David Thomas. Land, power and prestige.

ISBN:

9781782974246

1782974245

Publisher Number:

99987659963

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.