The Danebury Environs Programme: The Prehistory of a Wessex Landscape: Volume 1 - Introduction

Following his research on the hillfort Barry Cunliffe has led a massive campaign to explore the surroundings of the site, and this has resulted in a further series of volumes, the first set on the Prehistoric evidence and the second set on the Roman Period evidence. This volume is the Introduction and overview to the Prehistoric set; to an extent it summarises the findings reported from the seven separate sites that make up Vol 2.

About the author

Barry Cunliffe was Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1972 to 2007. He has worked on many of the iconic British excavations including Fishbourne Roman Palace, Danebury Hillfort and Hengistbury Head. He is an authority on the Iron Age and the Celts, and the author of many scholarly and popular publications including The Oxford Illustrated History of Prehistoric Europe, Britain Begins, and The Celts, A Very Short Introduction.

Summary

Following his research on the hillfort Barry Cunliffe has led a massive campaign to explore the surroundings of the site, and this has resulted in a further series of volumes, the first set on the Prehistoric evidence and the second set on the Roman Period evidence.

Product details

• Authors: Barry Cunliffe
• Assisted by: Barry Cunliffe (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University School of Archaeology
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2000
• EAN: 9780947816483
• ISBN: 978-0-947816-48-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Weight: 1276 g
• Series: Oxford University School of Archaeology Monograph; Oxford University School of Ar; Oxford University School of Archaeology Monograph; Oxford University School of Ar
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity