Britain BC: Life in Britain and Ireland Before the Romans

Description

Product ID:	9780007126934
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	Britain BC
Subtitle:	Life in Britain and Ireland Before the Romans
Authors:	Author: Francis Pryor
Page Count:	544
Subjects:	European history, European history, Ancient history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, British Isles
Description:	Select Guide Rating An authoritative and radical rethinking of the history of Ancient Britain and Ancient Ireland, based on remarkable new archaeological finds. 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.
Imprint Name:	HarperPerennial
Publisher Name:	HarperCollins Publishers
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2004-09-06

Weight	386 g
Dimensions	196 × 133 × 37 mm