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Beacons in the landscape : the hillforts of England and Wales / Ian Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, Ian, 1970- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Earthworks (Archaeology)--England.
- Earthworks (Archaeology).
- Earthworks (Archaeology)--Wales.
- Fortification, Prehistoric--England.
- Fortification, Prehistoric.
- Fortification, Prehistoric--Wales.
- Iron age--Great Britain.
- Iron age.
- Iron age--Wales.
- England--Antiquities.
- England.
- Wales--Antiquities.
- Wales.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (590 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, UK : Windgather Press, [2009]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Of all Britain's great archaeological monuments the Iron Age hillforts have arguably had the most profound impact on the landscape, if only because there are so many; yet we know very little about them. Were they recognised as being something special by those who created them or is the 'hillfort' purely an archaeologists' 'construct'? How were they constructed, who lived in them and to what uses were they put? This book, which is richly illustrated with photography of sites throughout England and Wales, addresses these and many other questions. After discussing the difficult issue of definitio
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Notes; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part 1: The 'Elusive' Hillfort; Chapter 1: Definition and Distribution; Chapter 2: Great Surveys - Great Excavations; Part 2: Defining the Space; Chapter 3: Beginnings; Chapter 4: Enclosure; Chapter 5: Interiors; Part 3: Hillforts and Society; Chapter 6: People; Chapter 7: Economy; Chapter 8: Superstition, Belief and Ritual; Chapter 9: Coins, Tribes, Rome and Resistance; Part 4: Hillfort Location, Function and Social Significance; Chapter 10: Beacons in the Landscape: New Theories - New Questions
- Chapter 11: Hillforts: A Synthesis of IdeasBibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-256) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781909686274
- 1909686271
- 9781909686250
- 1909686255
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