Barry Cunliffe (Emeritu Emeritus Professor of European Archaeology

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Bretons and Britons

The Fight for Identity

Beschreibung

A long history of the Bretons, from prehistoric times to the present, and the very close relationship they have had with their British neighbours. It is a story of a fiercely independent people and their struggle to maintain their distinctive identity.

Autor

Barry Cunliffe taught archaeology in the Universities of Bristol and Southampton and was Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1972 to 2008, thereafter becoming Emeritus Professor. He has excavated widely in Britain (Fishbourne, Bath, Danebury, Hengistbury Head, Brading) and in the Channel Islands, Brittany, and Spain, and has been President of the Council for British Archaeology and of the Society of Antiquaries, a Governor of the Museum of London, and a Trustee of the British Museum. He was a Commissioner of English Heritage from 2005 to 2013. His many publications include The Ancient Celts (1997, second edition 2018), Facing the Ocean (2001), The Druids: A Very Short Introduction (2010), Britain Begins (2012), By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean (2015), and The Scythians (2019) all also published by Oxford University Press. He received a knighthood in 2006.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 488
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 252mm x 197mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1126g
• ISBN-13: 9780198851622
• ISBN-10: 0198851626
• Artikelnr.: 60189069