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The Prehistoric Settlement of Britain (Routledge Library Editions: Archaeology) - Softcover

Bradley, Richard

 
9781138817104: The Prehistoric Settlement of Britain (Routledge Library Editions: Archaeology)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1138817104 ISBN 13: 9781138817104
Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

This study, first published in 1978, explores the evidence for pre-Roman settlement in Britain. Four aspects of the prehistoric economy are described by the author – colonisation and clearance; arable and pastoral farming; transhumance and nomadism; and hunting, gathering and fishing. These aspects have been brought together to formulate a structure which contains the evidence more naturally than chronological schemes that depend on assumed changes in population or technology.

The book draws upon environmental evidence and recent developments in archaeological fieldwork. It also provides an extensive exploration of the published literature on the subject and the scope of the evidence. Originally conceived as an ‘ideas book’ rather than a final synthesis, the author’s intention throughout is to stimulate argument and research, and not to replace one dogma with another.

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Richard Bradley

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138817104
ISBN 13 
9781138817104
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
172