On the Ocean The Mediterranean and the Atlantic From Prehistory to Ad 1500

The story of the contest between humans and the sea, played out in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic from early prehistory until AD 1500.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Barry Cunliffe taught archaeology in the Universities of Bristol and Southampton and was Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1972 to 2008, thereafter becoming Emeritus Professor. He has excavated widely in Britain (Fishbourne, Bath, Danebury, Hengistbury Head, Brading) and in the Channel Islands, Brittany, and Spain, and has been President of the Council for British Archaeology and of the Society of Antiquaries, a Governor of the Museum of London, and a Trustee of the British Museum. He was a Commissioner of English Heritage from 2005 to 2013. His many publications include The Ancient Celts (1997), Facing the Ocean (2001), The Druids: A Very Short Introduction (2010), Britain Begins (2012), By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean (2015), The Scythians (2019), Bretons and Britons (2021), and Facing the Sea of Sand (2023), all also published by Oxford University Press. He received a knighthood in 2006.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Cunliffe Barry, Sir Barry (Emeritus Professor of Europea Cunliffe
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 08.01.2026
• Thema: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Antike; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika
• EAN: 9780198960416
• ISBN: 978-0-19-896041-6
• Anzahl Seiten: 648
• Themen: prehistory, HISTORY / Civilization, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, Mediterranean Sea, maritime history, Atlantic Ocean, CE period up to c 1500, Ancient History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Archaeology by period / region, General and world history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Prehistoric archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, BCE period – Protohistory