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Author : Chris Musson,W. J. Britnell,A. G. Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015025207690
Author : Tim Malim,George Nash
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789696127
This book, organised into 14 well-crafted chapters, charts the archaeology, folklore, heritage and landscape development of one of England's most enigmatic monuments, Old Oswestry Hillfort, from the Iron Age, through its inclusion as part of an early medieval boundary between England and Wales, to its role during World War I.
Author : Ian Brown
Publisher : Windgather Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781909686274
Of all Britain's great archaeological monuments the Iron Age hillforts have arguably had the most profound impact on the landscape, if only because there are so many; yet we know very little about them. Were they recognised as being something special by those who created them or is the 'hillfort' purely an archaeologists' 'construct'? How were they constructed, who lived in them and to what uses were they put? This book, which is richly illustrated with photography of sites throughout England and Wales, addresses these and many other questions. After discussing the difficult issue of definition and the great excavations on which our knowledge is based, Ian Brown investigates in turn hillforts' origins, their architecture, and the role they played in Iron Age society. He also discusses the latest theories about their location, social significance and chronology. The book provides a valuable synthesis of the rich vein of research carried out in Britain on hillforts over the last thirty years. Hillforts' great variability poses many problems, and this book should help guide both the specialist and non-specialist alike though the complex literature. Furthermore, it has an important conservation objective. Land use in the modern era has not been kind to these monuments, with a significant number either disfigured or lost. Public consciousness of their importance needs raising if their management is to be improved and their future assured.
Author : Ehud Weiss
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782973317
This volume celebrates the career of archaebotanist Professor Gordon C. Hillman. Twenty-eight papers cover a wide range of topics reflecting the great influence that Hillman has had in the field of archaeobotany. Many of his favourite research topics are covered, the body of the text being split into four sections: Personal reflections on Professor Hillman's career; archaeobotanical theory and method; ethnoarchaeological and cultural studies; and ancient plant use from sites and regions around the world. The collection demonstrates, as Gordon Hillman believes, that the study of archaebotany is not only valuable, but vital for any study of humanity.
Author : Gary Lock
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803273136
Moel-y-Gaer (Bodfari) is the northernmost of a series of hillforts atop the Clwydian hills in Wales. Nine seasons of survey and excavation reveal details of Moel-y-Gaer’s ramparts, entrances and interior. Discussion situates the site within the later prehistoric settlement record for north-eastern Wales paying particular attention to hillforts.
Author : Dan Garner
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784914677
The Habitats and Hillforts of Cheshire’s Sandstone Ridge Landscape Partnership Project was focussed on six of Cheshire hillforts and their surrounding habitats and landscapes. It aimed to develop understanding of the chronology and role of the hillforts and encourage local interest and involvement in their maintenance.
Author : Dennis Harding
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199695249
Widely regarded as major visible field monuments of the Iron Age, hillforts are central to an understanding of later prehistoric communities in Britain and Europe. Harding reviews the changing perceptions of hillforts and the future prospects for hillfort research, highlighting aspects of contemporary investigation and interpretation.
Author : William O'Brien,James O’Driscoll
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784916565
This is the first project to study hillforts in relation to warfare and conflict in Bronze Age Ireland. This project combines remote sensing and GIS-based landscape analysis with conventional archaeological survey to investigate ten prehistoric hillforts across southern Ireland.
Author : Wendy Morrison
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803270074
This collection of essays by leading researchers in the archaeology of the European Iron Age pays tribute to Professor John Collis who, since the 1960s, has been involved in investigating and enriching our understanding of Iron Age society and, crucially, questioning the status quo of our narratives about the past.
Author : Barry Cunliffe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1016 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134277230
Since its first publication in 1971, Barry Cunliffe's monumental survey has established itself as a classic of British archaeology. This fully revised fourth edition maintains the qualities of the earlier editions, whilst taking into account the significant developments that have moulded the discipline in recent years. Barry Cunliffe here incorporates new theoretical approaches, technological advances and a range of new sites and finds, ensuring that Iron Age Communities in Britain remains the definitive guide to the subject.
Author : Shelagh Norton
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789698640
This volume assesses marsh-forts as a separate phenomenon within Iron Age society through an understanding of their landscape context and palaeoenvironmental development. These substantial monuments appear to have been deliberately constructed to control areas of marginal wetland and may have played an important role in the ritual landscape.
Author : Davide Delfino,Fernando Coimbra,Gonçalo P. C. Cruz,Daniela Cardoso
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789692556
This book presents 19 papers from the International Colloquium ‘FortMetalAges’ (Portugal, 2017); they discuss different interpretive ideas for defensive structures whose construction had necessitated large investment, present new case studies, and conduct comparative analysis between different regions and periods (Chalcolithic to Iron Age).
Author : David Morgan Evans
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803271590
This book collects and republishes 14 key academic works by Dai Morgan Evans FSA (1944–2017). Spanning early medieval studies, the management and conservation of ancient monuments, histories of antiquarianism, and the Welsh church of Llangar, the chapters have been freshly edited and published together for the first time with new illustrations.
Author : Christopher Knüsel,Martin Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1135 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134678044
If human burials were our only window onto the past, what story would they tell? Skeletal injuries constitute the most direct and unambiguous evidence for violence in the past. Whereas weapons or defenses may simply be statements of prestige or status and written sources are characteristically biased and incomplete, human remains offer clear and unequivocal evidence of physical aggression reaching as far back as we have burials to examine. Warfare is often described as ‘senseless’ and as having no place in society. Consequently, its place in social relations and societal change remains obscure. The studies in The Routledge Handbook of the Bioarchaeology of Human Conflict present an overview of the nature and development of human conflict from prehistory to recent times as evidenced by the remains of past people themselves in order to explore the social contexts in which such injuries were inflicted. A broadly chronological approach is taken from prehistory through to recent conflicts, however this book is not simply a catalogue of injuries illustrating weapon development or a narrative detailing ‘progress’ in warfare but rather provides a framework in which to explore both continuity and change based on a range of important themes which hold continuing relevance throughout human development.
Author : D. W. Harding
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780199558575
A fully illustrated study of Iron Age round-houses, which explores not just their architectural aspects but more importantly their role in the social, economic and ritual structure of their communities, and their significance as symbols of Iron Age society in the face of Romanization.