Britain has been inhabited by humans for more than half a million years, during which time there were a great many changes in lifestyle and the landscape setting. This book, now in its second edition, examines the development of human societies in Britain from earliest times to the Roman conquest of AD 43, as revealed by the latest archaeological evidence. Special attention is given to eight themes that are traced through all phases of prehistory: landscape, subsistence, technology, ritual, beliefs, trade, society, and population.

Prehistoric Britain begins by...