Britain BC: Life in Britain and Ireland Before the Romans (Text Only)

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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. This edition does not include illustrations. Title Page Dedication Preface Dates and Periods Part I: Another Country 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 Part II: An Island People Chapter Four: After the Ice Chapter Five: DNA and the Adoption of Farming Chapter Six: The Earlier Neolithic (4200-3000 BC) Chapter Seven: The Earlier Neolithic (4200-3000 BC) Chapter Eight: The Archaeology of Death in the Neolithic Part III: The Tyranny of Technology 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 Places to Visit Notes Index P.S. Ideas, interviews & features… About the author Portrait Snapshot Top Ten Favourite Books About the book A Visit to Flag Fen A Critical Eye Read on Have You Read? If You Loved This, You’ll Like… Find Out More Acknowledgements About the Author Praise By the same author Copyright About the Publisher