Archaeology has made exciting progress in Britain in the past forty years. Aerial photography, large-scale excavations, analytical techniques and new forms of dating have produced a wealth of fresh information and inspired radical interpretations. This book explores the ways in which archaeology since 1945 has widened our understanding of social history from the most remote ages through to post-medieval Britain. Numerous reconstruction drawings, specially commissioned for this book, highlight some of the most valuable results of modern archaeology. The British Museum is proud to publish this celebration of a national achievement in the greater understanding of the past. With 133 black-and-white illustrations and line drawings. With line illustrations by Simon James.
Author(s): Ian H. Longworth, John F. Cherry (eds.)
Publisher: British Museum Press
Year: 1986
Language: English
Pages: 248
City: London
Photographic acknowledgements 6
Foreword by the Director of the British Museum, Sir David Wilson 7
The Contributors 9
Acknowledgements 9
Introduction 10
1 Prehistoric Britain / Ian Longworth, Nick Ashton, Valerie Rigby 13
2 A Roman Province: Britain AD 43-410 by Timothy Potter 73
3 Anglo-Saxon England AD 400-1100 by Leslie Webster 119
4 Technology, Towns, Castles and Churches AD 1100-1600 by John Cherry 161
5 The Medieval Countryside by John Hurst 197
Glossary 237
Bibliography 239
Index 246
