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Aerial Archaeology in Britain
Aerial surveying is an important technique used in archaeology, providing a new perspective on large sites or features that are hidden at ground level. This book uses fascinating photographs to illustrate the way in which buried sites can be viewed from t ...
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Ancient Farming
Format:Paperback Pagination:64 pages, 42ill. Dimensions:210 x 174 mm, 154 grams Country of Pub.:United Kingdom
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Architecture in Roman Britain
The Roman period was Britain's first great architectural age, though this is difficult to appreciate from the ruinous state of the sites that survive. Understanding the types and range of buildings that existed in Roman Britain depends on careful excavati ...
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Brochs of Scotland
This volume examines some of the best ancient monuments in Britain - the iron age brochs of north & west Scotland. It sets the building of these fortifications into context & looks at some of the theories that have been proposed for their origins. ...
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Celtic Crosses
Ring-headed crosses of impressive height and intricate design were first erected in Iona and Ireland from the eighth century onwards. This book deals with these but also shows how they were the culmination of a long period of development during the early ...
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Deserted Villages
Villages have been abandoned throughout history, and in every part of the British Isles. Some of them are former towns; others were only ever small hamlets. Many still await discovery. This book explains how villages have become deserted - often the resul ...
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Early Medieval Towns in Britain : C 700 to 1140
Towns have been a place of evolution and development throughout British history, growing from royal 'wics' between the seventh and ninth centuries, to characteristic Viking towns in the later ninth and early tenth centuries, then changing following the No ...
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Hillforts of England and Wales
The purpose the hillforts served is examined in this book. It also describes how the defences were constructed, the design of the entrances, and the buildings that were erected inside.' Format:Paperback Pagination:64 pages, illustrations Dimensions:210 ...
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Human Bones in Archaeology
Format:Paperback Pagination:64 pages, illustrations Country of Pub.:United Kingdom
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Medieval Fields
Medieval fields have been studied by historians, historical geographers and archaeologists for well over a century, and yet very few accurate accounts are readily available. David Hall gives a detailed insight into the characteristic components of medieva ...
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Medieval Masons
This book explains in detail the practice of masoncraft in the Middle Ages, using evidence from a number of sources. Monastic chronicles, building contracts and other contemporary documents have already revealed a good deal of information on the subject, ...
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Medieval Roads and Tracks
The medieval economy was centred on a phenomenal growth in trade of all kinds of goods, yet few have studied the actual network of roads that was so vital to medieval trading. Starting with the basic concept of a 'road' in medieval times, and discussing t ...
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Prehistoric Astronomy and Ritual
Stonehenge was not an observatory used by druidical astronomer-priests. It was, instead, a monument in which the moon and the sun and the dead were joined together. In this book the author explains how people in the British Isles, four thousand or more ye ...
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Prehistoric Henges
Stonehenge is just one of almost a hundred vast circular earthworks built in the British Isles over four thousand years ago. Known as henges, they remain one of the mysteries of prehistoric Britain. Unlike stone circles, which are their counterparts in th ...
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Prehistoric Stone Circles
Stone circles have excited the imagination of their visitors ever since the time of John Aubrey, the seventeenth century antiquarian who was the first person to study them seriously. For three hundred years archaeologists, astronomers and anthropologists ...
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Roman Coinage in Britain
Accessible to archaeological experts and students alike, PJ Casey's "Roman Coinage in Britain" is a fascinating investigation of the Roman Empire's economic presence in Britain. Drawing from a wealth of archaeological sources, this book places R ...
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Roman Roads in Britain
The vast networks of roads throughout the Roman Empire were vital to the expansion of Roman culture, power and influence across the world and one of their principal uses was the transportation of the Legions to strategic bases in the most direct way possi ...
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The Boudican Revolt Against Rome
This title tells the story of how the Romans coped with the most serious threat to their hold on Britain and explains the important contribution archaeology has made towards understanding the revolt. Format:Paperback Pagination:64 pages, 25 b&w illu ...
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