Author : Caroline Malone
Publisher : B. T. Batsford Limited
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 12,62 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Ancient monuments
ISBN :
This is an illustrated survey of one of Britain's most important archaeological sites. As well as the Avebury stone circle, it includes other important neolithic monuments: the Great Henge; East and West Kennet Long Barrows; the Sanctuary and the Avenue; and Silbury Hill.
Author : B. L. Molyneaux
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 42,54 MB
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1134865104
The Presented Past is concerned with the differences between the comparatively static, well-understood way in which the past is presented in schools, museums and at historic sites compared to the approaches currently being explored in contemporary archaeology. It challenges the all-too-frequent representation of the past as something finished, understood and objective, rather than something that is `constructed' and therefore open to co-existing interpretations and constant re-interpretation. Central to the book is the belief that the presentation of the past in school curricula and in museum and site interpretations will benefit from a greater use of non-documentary sources derived from archaeological study and oral histories. The book suggests that a view of the past incorporating a larger body of evidence and a wider variety of understanding will help to invigorate the way history is taught. The Presented Past will be of interest to teachers, archaeologists, cultural resource managers, in fact anyone who is concerned with how the past is presented.
Author : Mr Andrew R M Hayes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 27,99 MB
Release : 2002-11
Category : History
ISBN : 113578213X
Andrew Hayes makes available in this book a popular and up-to-date account of the archaeology of Britain an Eire, while skilfully avoiding the danger of over-simplification.
Author : Caroline Malone
Publisher : B. T. Batsford Limited
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 28,14 MB
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN :
This is an illustrated survey of one of Britain's most important archaeological sites. As well as the Avebury stone circle, it includes other important neolithic monuments: the Great Henge; East and West Kennet Long Barrows; the Sanctuary and the Avenue; and Silbury Hill.
Author : Herbert D. G. Maschner
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 1502 pages
File Size : 28,29 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780759100787
The Handbook of Archaeological Methods comprises 37 articles by leading archaeologists on the key methods used by archaeologists in the field, in analysis, in theory building, and in managing cultural resources. The book is destined to become the key reference work for archaeologists and their advanced students on contemporary archaeological methods.
Author : Patricia Monaghan
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 38,35 MB
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1438110375
Presents an illustrated A to Z reference containing over 1,000 entries providing information on Celtic myths, fables and legends from Ireland, Scotland, Celtic Britain, Wales, Brittany, central France, and Galicia.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 35,5 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Archaeology
ISBN :
Author : Caroline Malone
Publisher :
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 14,63 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Avebury (England)
ISBN : 9781850742531
Avebury stone circle is over 4000 years old. It is one of the largest prehistoric henges in Britain, and has been designated as a World Heritage Site. This is an account of Avebury's ceremonial sites, ancient avenues and barrows.
Author : Guy De la Bédoyère
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 17,15 MB
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 9780713468939
Before the Roman conquest there were few settlements in Britain that could properly be described as towns and their rapid growth was one of the first effects of the invasion of AD 43. This book traces the process of urbanization and provides answers to questions about how Roman towns grew and functioned: why towns are sited where they are, who lived in them, what services and facilities they provided, how they were organized, and their role in trade, industry and economy. Roman towns, with their impressive public buildings on a scale not seen before in Britain, must have had a great impact on the native population. They have attracted attention ever since and a vast amount of evidence for the Roman towns, many of which lie beneath modern British cities, has been recovered. This book draws together as much of this information as possible to present a picture of life in the Roman towns of Britain. With over 100 maps, plans, reconstructions and photographs, this is the complete companion to the Roman Towns in Britain - whether you wish to study the sites before or after a visit, or whether you are simply an armchair archaeologist.
Author : Neil Oliver
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 18,13 MB
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0297867687
Who were the first Britons, and what sort of world did they occupy? In A History of Ancient Britain, much-loved historian Neil Oliver turns a spotlight on the very beginnings of the story of Britain; on the first people to occupy these islands and their battle for survival. There has been human habitation in Britain, regularly interrupted by Ice Ages, for the best part of a million years. The last retreat of the glaciers 12,000 years ago brought a new and warmer age and with it, one of the greatest tsunamis recorded on Earth which struck the north-east of Britain, devastating the population and flooding the low-lying plains of what is now the North Sea. The resulting island became, in time, home to a diverse range of cultures and peoples who have left behind them some of the most extraordinary and enigmatic monuments in the world. Through what is revealed by the artefacts of the past, Neil Oliver weaves the epic story - half a million years of human history up to the departure of the Roman Empire in the Fifth Century AD. It was a period which accounts for more than ninety-nine per cent of humankind's presence on these islands. It is the real story of Britain and of her people.
