The Iron Age in Lowland Britain

The Iron Age in Lowland Britain
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 301
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ISBN-10 : 9781317602866
ISBN-13 : 1317602862
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis The Iron Age in Lowland Britain by : D.W. Harding

This book was written at a time when the older conventional diffusionist view of prehistory, largely associated with the work of V. Gordon Childe, was under rigorous scrutiny from British prehistorians, who still nevertheless regarded the ‘Arras’ culture of eastern Yorkshire and the ‘Belgic’ cemeteries of south-eastern Britain as the product of immigrants from continental Europe. Sympathetic to the idea of population mobility as one mechanism for cultural innovation, as widely recognized historically, it nevertheless attempted a critical re-appraisal of the southern British Iron Age in its continental context. Subsequent fashion in later prehistoric studies has favoured economic, social and cognitive approaches, and the cultural-historical framework has largely been superseded. Routine use of radiocarbon dating and other science-based applications, and new field data resulting from developer-led archaeology have revolutionized understanding of the British Iron Age, and once again raised issues of its relationship to continental Europe.

The Iron Age in Lowland Britain

The Iron Age in Lowland Britain
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Publisher : Routledge/Thoemms Press
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 0710206836
ISBN-13 : 9780710206831
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis The Iron Age in Lowland Britain by : D. W. Harding

The Earlier Iron Age in Britain and the Near Continent

The Earlier Iron Age in Britain and the Near Continent
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Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1785709097
ISBN-13 : 9781785709098
Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Synopsis The Earlier Iron Age in Britain and the Near Continent by : Rachel Pope

The Earlier Iron Age (c. 800-400 BC) has often eluded attention in British Iron Age studies. Traditionally, we have been enticed by the wealth of material from the later part of the millennium and by developments in southern England in particular, culminating in the arrival of the Romans. The result has been a chronological and geographical imbalance, with the Earlier Iron Age often characterised more by what it lacks than what it comprises: for Bronze Age studies it lacks large quantities of bronze, whilst from the perspective of the Later Iron Age it lacks elaborate enclosure. In contrast, the same period on mainland Europe yields a wealth of burial evidence with links to Mediterranean communities and so has not suffered in quite the same way. Gradual acceptance of this problem over the past decade, along with the corpus of new discoveries produced by developer-funded archaeology, now provides us with an opportunity to create a more balanced picture of the Iron Age in Britain as a whole. The twenty-six papers in the book seek to establish what we now know (and do not know) about Earlier Iron Age communities in Britain and their neighbours on the Continent. The authors engage with a variety of current research themes, seeking to characterise the Earlier Iron Age via the topics of landscape, environment, and agriculture; material culture and everyday life; architecture, settlement, and social organisation; and with the issue of transition - looking at how communities of the Late Bronze Age transform into those of the Earlier Iron Age, and how we understand the social changes of the later first millennium BC. Geographically, the book brings together recent research from regional studies covering the full length of Britain, as well as taking us over to Ireland, across the Channel to France, and then over the North Sea to Denmark, the Low Countries, and beyond.

The Iron Age Round-House

The Iron Age Round-House
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 360
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ISBN-10 : 9780191572265
ISBN-13 : 0191572268
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis The Iron Age Round-House by : D. W. Harding

In contrast to Continental Europe, where the Iron Age is abundantly represented by funerary remains as well as by hill-forts and major centres, the British Iron Age is mainly represented by its settlement sites, and especially by houses of circular ground-plan, apparently in marked contrast to the Central and Northern European tradition of rectangular houses. In lowland Britain the evidence for timber round-houses comprises the footprint of post-holes or foundation trenches; in the Atlantic north and west, the remains of monumental stone-built houses survive as upstanding ruins, testimony to the building skills of Iron Age engineers and masons. D. W. Harding's fully illustrated study explores not just the architectural aspects of round-houses, but more importantly their role in the social, economic and ritual structure of their communities, and their significance as symbols of Iron Age society in the face of Romanization.

The Later Iron Age in Britain and Beyond

The Later Iron Age in Britain and Beyond
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Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
Total Pages : 546
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ISBN-10 : IND:30000110564626
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis The Later Iron Age in Britain and Beyond by : Colin Haselgrove

Over the years, there has been a major shift in Iron Age studies. This volume contains thirty-one papers, which covers the Later Iron Age that is taken to be circa 400/300 BC until the Roman Conquest.

Iron Age Hillforts in Britain and Beyond

Iron Age Hillforts in Britain and Beyond
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 369
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ISBN-10 : 9780199695249
ISBN-13 : 0199695245
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Iron Age Hillforts in Britain and Beyond by : Dennis Harding

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.

Iron Age Communities in Britain

Iron Age Communities in Britain
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 752
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ISBN-10 : 9781134277247
ISBN-13 : 1134277245
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Iron Age Communities in Britain by : Barry Cunliffe

This fully revised fourth edition maintains the qualities of the earlier editions whilst taking into account the significant developments that have moulded the discipline in recent years.

Iron Age Communities in Britain

Iron Age Communities in Britain
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Publisher : Psychology Press
Total Pages : 701
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ISBN-10 : 9780415054164
ISBN-13 : 0415054168
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Synopsis Iron Age Communities in Britain by : Barry W. Cunliffe

The Iron Age Round-House

The Iron Age Round-House
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 359
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ISBN-10 : 9780199558575
ISBN-13 : 0199558574
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis The Iron Age Round-House by : D. W. Harding

A fully illustrated study of Iron Age round-houses, which explores not just their architectural aspects but more importantly their role in the social, economic and ritual structure of their communities, and their significance as symbols of Iron Age society in the face of Romanization.

The Agrarian History of England and Wales: Volume 1, Prehistory to AD 1042

The Agrarian History of England and Wales: Volume 1, Prehistory to AD 1042
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 1082
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ISBN-10 : 9781107401143
ISBN-13 : 1107401143
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis The Agrarian History of England and Wales: Volume 1, Prehistory to AD 1042 by : Stuart Piggott

This volume surveys the evolution of the man-made landscape in Britain over the period of some three millennia before the Roman conquest.