Seahenge

Informationen zum Autor Dr Francis Pryor has spent thirty years studying the prehistory of the Fens. He has excavated sites as diverse as Bronze Age farms, field systems and entire Iron Age villages. From 1980 he turned his attention to pre-Roman religion and has excavated barrows, ‘henges’ and a large site dating to 3800 B.C. In 1987, with his wife Maisie Taylor, he set up the Fenland Archaeological Trust. He appears frequently on TV’s ‘Time Team’ and is the author of ‘Seahenge’, ‘Britain B.C.’ and ‘Britain A.D.’ Klappentext One of the most haunting and enigmatic archaeological discoveries of recent times was the uncovering in 1998 at low tide of the so-called Seahenge on the north coast of Norfolk. This circle of wooden planks set vertically in the sand! with a large inverted tree-trunk in the middle! likened to a ghostly "hand reaching up from the underworld!" has now been dated to around 2020 BC. It focused national attention on archaeology to an extent not seen for many years! and the issues raised by its removal and preservation made it a "cause celebre." Francis Pryor has been at the centre of British archaeological fieldwork for nearly 30 years! piecing together the way of life of Bronze Age people! their settlement of the landscape! their religion and rituals. "Seahenge" demonstrates how much Western civilization owes to the prehistoric societies that existed in Europe in the last four millennia BC.

Product details

• Authors: Francis Pryor, Pryor Francis
• Publisher: Harper Perennial UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.05.2002
• EAN: 9780007101924
• ISBN: 978-0-00-710192-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; European History, Norfolk, prehistory, HISTORY / Ancient / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Archaeological science, methodology & techniques, Environmental archaeology, Archaeological sites, East Anglia;Britannia