Bibliograph

Britain B.C., life in Britain and Ireland before the Romans, Francis Pryor

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Britain B.C., life in Britain and Ireland before the Romans, Francis Pryor

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Britain B.C.

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Francis Pryor

Sub title

life in Britain and Ireland before the Romans

Summary

An authoritative and radical rethinking of the history of Ancient Britain and Ancient Ireland, based on remarkable new archaeological finds. British history is traditionally regarded as having started with the Roman Conquest. But this is to ignore half a million years of prehistory that still exert a profound influence. Here Francis Pryor examines the great ceremonial landscapes of Ancient Britain and Ireland - Stonehenge, Seahenge, Avebury and the Bend of the Boyne - as well as the discarded artefacts of day-to-day life, to create an astonishing portrait of our ancestors. This major re-revaluation of pre-Roman Britain, made possible in part by aerial photography and coastal erosion, reveals a much more sophisticated life in Ancient Britain and Ireland than has previously been supposed. This edition does not include illustrations

Target audience

adult

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