BRONZE AGE BRITAIN
Written by Michael Pearson
Published by B.T. Batsford
in 1993
ISBN: 0713468017
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BRONZE AGE BRITAIN
Written by Michael Pearson.
Stock no. 2132593
1st.
1993.
Hardback.
Large format.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
English Heritage Series. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0713468017. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some light foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has some uneven fading.
Front cover
Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Colour Plates
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 The coming of the first farmers
- Special feature 1- Radiocarbon dating
- Special feature 2 - The British Isles before farmers
- 2 Tombs, territories and ancestors
- Special feature 3 - Enclosures
- Special feature 4 - Skeletons and burial
- 3 Geometry in the landscape
- 4 The first metals
- Special feature 5 - Mining and manufacture of metals
- Special feature 6 - Causes of change
- 5 Dividing up the land
- Special feature 7 - Pottery making
- 6 Gifts to the Gods
- 7 The long view
- Sites to visit
- Furter reading
- Index