This book traces the history of the Avebury stone circle and its surrounding landscape. Covering a period of around 12,000 years, it is a comprehensive examination of the area, as well as the people who have moved through it, from the mesolithic to the late medieval period.
This book traces the history of the Avebury stone circle and its surrounding landscape. Covering a period of around 12,000 years, it is a comprehensiv...
Informed by the latest research and in-depth analysis, Prehistoric Britain provides students and scholars alike with a fascinating overview of the development of human societies in Britain from the Upper Paleolithic to the end of the Iron Age.
Offers readers an incisive synthesis and much-needed overview of current research themes
Includes essays from leading scholars and professionals who address the very latest trends in current research
Explores the interpretive debates surrounding major transitions in British...
Informed by the latest research and in-depth analysis, Prehistoric Britain provides students and scholars alike with a fascinating overview of ...
Whether implicit in terms such as environment or territory, or more explicitly articulated, an active concern with landscape lies at the heart of all archaeological enquiry. Past individuals and social groups lived out their lives "somewhere," and it has long been realized by archaeologists that a detailed understanding of the character of their lived worlds is integral to any attempt to write histories of the deep past. Indeed, an active concern with the ways in which past activities and settlements were arranged across the surface of the earth has characterized over a century of research...
Whether implicit in terms such as environment or territory, or more explicitly articulated, an active concern with landscape lies at the heart of a...
