Iron Age Hillforts in Britain and Beyond

Zusatztext Harding is to be congratulated in providing a comprehensive review of hillforts. Informationen zum Autor Dennis Harding was Abercromby Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh from 1977-2007. He has directed excavations of Iron Age sites from Wessex to the Western Isles. Klappentext Widely regarded as major visible field monuments of the Iron Age, hillforts are central to an understanding of later prehistoric communities in Britain and Europe. Harding reviews the changing perceptions of hillforts and the future prospects for hillfort research, highlighting aspects of contemporary investigation and interpretation. Harding is to be congratulated in providing a comprehensive review of hillforts. Current Archaeology Zusammenfassung Widely regarded as major visible field monuments of the Iron Age, hillforts are central to an understanding of later prehistoric communities in Britain and Europe. Harding reviews the changing perceptions of hillforts and the future prospects for hillfort research, highlighting aspects of contemporary investigation and interpretation.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Dennis Harding, Dennis (Abercromby Professor Emeritus of Prehistoric Archaeology Harding, Derek William Harding, Harding Dennis
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 20.01.2013
• EAN: 9780199695249
• ISBN: 978-0-19-969524-9
• Pages: 408
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Préhistoire, protohistoire, Antiquité; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Préhistoire, protohistoire; prehistory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Western Europe, Archaeology by period / region, British Isles, Prehistoric archaeology, BCE to c 500 CE, Landscape Archaeology, BCE period – Protohistory, Western Continental Europe, Archaeological Theory