Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 280 pages illustrations, maps 26 cm. Contents: Chapter 1. Archaeology before 1859 -- Chapter 2. Archaeology Achieves Independence -- Chapter 3. Archaeology and Maps -- Chapter 4. The Modern Phase of Field Archaeology -- Chapter 5. Deciphering the Palimpsest: Roman Roads -- Chapter 6. Tracks and Roman Roads -- Chapter 7. Some Tracks and Roads Described -- Chapter 8. Celtic Fields -- Chapter 9. Querns and Quern-Quarries -- Chapter 10. Prehistoric Linear Earthworks -- Chapter 11. Ponds -- Chapter 12. Camps -- Chapter 13. Hut and Houses -- Chapter 14. Caves, Houses and Tombs -- Chapter 15. Megalithic Monuments and Round Barrows -- Chapter 17. Defensive Linear Earthworks -- Chapter 17. Defensive Linear Earthworks -- Chapter 18. Medieval Castle Mounds and Parks -- Chapter 19. Medieval Cultivation-Banks -- Chapter 20. Field Archaeology in Other Lands -- Chapter 21. Archaeology and Anthropology -- Chapter 22. Living 'Pre-history' in Central Africa -- Chapter 23. The Significance of Field-work.Subjects: Archaeology Methodology. Archaeology History. Excavations (Archaeology). Great Britain Antiquities. 1 Kg.

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Title: Archaeology in the field
Publisher: London: Phoenix House
Publication Date: 1954
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 3rd Impression.

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