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Francis Pryor. Britain BC: Life in Britain and Ireland Before the Romans
Britain B.C. Life in Britain and Ireland. Before the Romans. Francis Pryor
Dedication
Contents
Preface. British ‘Peculiarity’
Dates and Periods
CHAPTER ONE In the Beginning
CHAPTER TWO Neanderthals, the Red ‘Lady’ and Ages of Ice
CHAPTER THREE Hotting up: Hunters at the End of the Ice Age
CHAPTER FOUR After the Ice
CHAPTER FIVE DNA and the Adoption of Farming
CHAPTER SIX The Earlier Neolithic (4200-3000 BC) Part 1: The Daily Round
CHAPTER SEVEN The Earlier Neolithic (4200-3000 BC) Part 2: Monuments and Pathways
CHAPTER EIGHT The Archaeology of Death in the Neolithic
CHAPTER NINE The Age of Stonehenge (the Final Neolithic and Earliest Bronze Age: 2500-1800 BC)
CHAPTER TEN Pathways to Paradise (the Mid- and Later Bronze Age: 1800-700 BC)
CHAPTER ELEVEN Men of Iron (the Early Iron Age: 700-150 BC)
CHAPTER TWELVE Glimpses of Vanished Ways (the Later Iron Age: 200 BC-AD 43, and After)
Afterword. Britannia: A Province on the Fringes of the Empire
PLACES TO VISIT
Palaeolithic and Mesolithic
Neolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Multi-Period
NOTES. PREFACE – ‘British Peculiarity’
CHAPTER ONE – In the Beginning
CHAPTER TWO – Neanderthals, the Red ‘Lady’ and Ages of Ice
CHAPTER THREE – Hotting Up: Hunters at the End of the Ice Age
CHAPTER FOUR – After the Ice
CHAPTER FIVE – DNA and the Adoption of Farming
CHAPTER SIX – The Earlier Neolithic (4200-3000 BC). Part 1: The Daily Round
CHAPTER SEVEN – The Earlier Neolithic (4200-3000 BC). Part 2: Monuments and Pathways
CHAPTER EIGHT – The Archaeology of Death in the Neolithic
CHAPTER NINE – The Age of Stonehenge (the Final Neolithic and Earliest Bronze Age: 2500-1800 BC)
CHAPTER TEN – Pathways to Paradise (the Mid- and Later Bronze Age: 1800-700 BC)
CHAPTER ELEVEN – Men of Iron (the Early Iron Age: 700-150 BC)
CHAPTER TWELVE – Glimpses of Vanished Ways (the Later Iron Age: 200 BC-AD 43, and After)
AFTERWORD – Britannia: A Province on the Fringes of the Empire
INDEX
Portrait. by Josh Lacey
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A Critical Eye
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The Significance of Monuments: On the Shaping of Human Experience in Neolithic and Bronze Age Europe. Richard Bradley
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Acknowledgements
About the Author
Praise
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Copyright
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