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BRITAIN B.C.: LIFE IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND BEFORE THE ROMANS

Written by Francis Pryor
Published by Harper Collins in 2003
ISBN: 0007126921

BRITAIN B.C.: LIFE IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND BEFORE THE ROMANS
Written by Francis Pryor.
Stock no. 1828070
Circa. 2003. Hardback. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An authoritative and radical re-examination of Britain and Ireland before the coming of the Romans. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0007126921. Third printing. A ncie copy.

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Cover of BRITAIN B.C.: LIFE IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND BEFORE THE ROMANS by Francis Pryor

Contents

  • List of Plates
  • List of Text Illustrations and Maps
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface: British 'Peculiarity'
  • Table: Dates and Periods
  • PART I: Another Country
  • 1 In the Beginning
  • 2 Neanderthals, the Red 'Lady' and Ages of Ice
  • 3 Hotting up: Hunters at the End of the Ice Age
  • PART II: An Island People
  • 4 After the Ice
  • 5 DNA and the Adoption of Farming
  • 6 The Earlier Neolithic (4200-3000BC)
  • Part I: The Daily Round
  • 7 The Earlier Neolithic (4200-3000BC)
  • Part 2: Monuments and Pathways
  • 8 The Archaeology of Death in the Neolithic
  • PART III: The Tyranny of Technology
  • 9 The Age of Stonehenge
  • 10 Pathways to Paradise
  • 11 Men of Iron
  • 12 Glimpses of Vanished Ways
  • Afterword: Britannia: A Province on the Fringes of the Empire
  • Appendix: Places to Visit
  • Notes
  • Index