Archaeology of Britain - An Introduction From Earliest Times to the Twenty-First Century

The Archaeology of Britain is the only concise and up-to-date introduction to the archaeological record of Britain from the reoccupation of the landmass by Homo sapiens during the later stages of the most recent Ice Age until last century.

List of contents

List of contributors; 1 British Archaeology in the 21st century: an introduction; 2. The Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain 850,000 to 11,500 years ago; 3. Hunter-Gatherers of the Mesolithic; 4. The Early Neolithic; 5. The Middle and Late Neolithic; 6. The Early Bronze Age; 7. The Middle and Late Bronze Age; 8. The Iron Age; 9 Roman Britain: the military dimension; 10 Roman Britain: Civil; 11 Early Historic Britain; 12 Early Medieval Celtic Britain: The Early Historic Period; 13 Viking Britain; 14 Landscapes of the Middle Ages Towns 1050-1500; 15 Landscapes of the Middle Ages. Castles, churches and monasteries: the state, law, and belief; 16 Landscapes of the Middle Ages: Rural settlement and manors; 17 Britain From AD 1500 to 1830; 18 The Spoils Of Industry: The Archaeology Of The 18th And 19th Centuries; 19 The Plastic Age; 20 Britain's historic environment: Our past in the present; Index.

About the author

Vicki Cummings is a Professor of Neolithic Archaeology at Cardiff University.
Stephen T. Driscoll is a Professor of Historical Archaeology at the University of Glasgow.

Product details

• Authors: Vicki (Cardiff University Cummings, Stephen Cummings Driscoll
• Assisted by: Cummings Vicki (Editor), Driscoll Stephen (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.06.2025
• EAN: 9781138334168
• ISBN: 978-1-138-33416-8
• No. of pages: 480
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, British Isles