Bronze Age Britain,9780713488494

Bronze Age Britain

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ISBN13: 9780713488494
ISBN10: 0713488492
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-08-01
Publisher(s): Batsford
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Summary

It was only 4,000 years ago when, for the first time in history, homes of the living replaced tombs of the dead as the most permanent human-made features of the landscape. The key was the shift from stone to bronze, in tools from axes to swords. Over 100 photos and drawings freshly document these years of British prehistory, when vast forests were hewn into managed woodlands, and effective weapons helped defend forts and settlements. Archeologists interpret recent challenging, tantalizing evidence that shows how farmers and villagers perfected the making and manufacture of metals, and invented hundreds of practical uses.

Table of Contents

Preface 4(2)
Introduction 6(3)
The Coming of the First Farmers
9(14)
Special feature 1 -- Radiocarbon dating
12(8)
Special feature 2 -- The British Isles before farmers
20(3)
Tombs, Territories and Ancestors
23(25)
Special feature 3 -- Enclosures
25(17)
Special feature 4 -- Skeletons and burial
42(6)
Geometry in the Landscape
48(22)
The First Metals
70(19)
Special feature 5 -- Mining and manufacturing metals
76(8)
Special feature 6 -- Causes of change
84(5)
Dividing Up the Land
89(16)
Special feature 7 -- Pottery making
102(3)
Gifts to the Gods
105(19)
Special feature 8 -- Bronze industries and phases
122(2)
The Long View
124(10)
Places to Visit 134(5)
Further Reading 139(2)
Index 141

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