Barry Cunliffe

Wessex to 1000 AD

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Produktbeschreibung

Wessex -- the ancient counties of Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and Berkshire -- is remarkable for its economic and social cohesion as a region, and for the extraordinary wealth of its ancient remains. In this authoritative survey, Barry Cunliffe sets the great monuments and famous sites in their full cultural context. His chief concern, however, is to interpret the landscape of the region, and the people who over so many centuries created it. In his hands it becomes an archaeological artefact as eloquent as Avebury and Stonehenge themselves.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 406
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780582492806
• ISBN-10: 0582492807
• Artikelnr.: 22080679

Autorenporträt

Barry Cunliffe

Inhaltsangabe

List of plates. List of figures. General preface. A Regional History of England Series. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. The formation of the landscape and the early hunter
gatherers. 2. The inception of food
producing economies: 4500
3000 BC. 3. The rise of the individual: 3000
1500 BC. 4. Across the threshold:1500
600 BC 5. Tribal society: 600
100 BC. 6. The coming of Rome: 100 BC
AD 80. 7. The Roman Interlude: AD 80
350 8. Return to Tribalism: AD 350
685. 9. The Ascendancy of Wessex: 685
1000. Appendix: Radiocarbon dates Abbreviations. Bibliography. Index.