Britain begins / Barry Cunliffe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cunliffe, Barry W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Great Britain.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Celts--Great Britain.

Celts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (566 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The last Ice Age, which came to an end about 12,000 years ago, swept the bands of hunter gatherers from the face of the land that was to become Britain and Ireland, but as the ice sheets retreated and the climate improved so human groups spread slowly northwards, re-colonizing the land that had been laid waste. From that time onwards Britain and Ireland have been continuously inhabited and the resident population has increased from a few hundreds to more than 60 million.Britain Begins is nothing less than the story of the origins of the British and the Irish peoples, from around 10,000BC to th

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations of Classical Works; 1 In the Beginning: Myths and Ancestors; 2 Britain Emerges: The Stage Is Set; 3 Interlude: Enter the Actors; 4 Settlement Begins, 10,000-4200 BC; 5 New People, New Ideas, 4200-3000 BC; 6 Mobilizing Materials: A New Connectivity, 3000-1500 BC; 7 Interlude: Talking to Each Other; 8 The Productive Land in the Age of Warriors, 1500-800 BC; 9 Episodes of Conflict, 800-60 BC; 10 Interlude: Approaching the Gods; 11 Integration: The Roman Episode, 60 BC-AD 350; 12 'Its Red and Savage Tongue', AD 350-650

13 The Age of the Northmen, AD 600-110014 Of Myths and Realities: An Epilogue; A Guide to Further Reading; Illustration Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-19-161189-1

1-283-57752-6

9786613889973

0-19-161188-3

OCLC:

808609827