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description: In Home Francis Pryor author of The Making of the British Landscape archaeologist and broadcaster takes us on his lifetime's quest: to discover the origins of family life in prehistoric BritainFrancis Pryor's search for the origins of our island story has been the quest of a lifetime. In Home the Time Team expert explores the first nine thousand years of life in Britain from the retreat of the glaciers to the Romans' departure. Tracing the settlement of domestic communities he shows how archaeology enables us to reconstruct the evolution of habits traditions and customs. But this too is Francis Pryor's own story: of his passion for unearthing our past from Yorkshire to the west country Lincolnshire to Wales digging in freezing winters arid summers mud and hurricanes through frustrated journeys and euphoric discoveries. Evocative and intimate Home shows how in going about their daily existence our prehistoric ancestors created the institution that remains at the heart of the way we live now: the family.'Under his gaze the land starts to fill with tribes and clans wandering this way and that leaving traces that can still be seen today . . . Pryor feels the land rather than simply knowing it' - Guardian Former president of the Council for British Archaeology Dr Francis Pryor has spent over thirty years studying our prehistory. He has excavated sites as diverse as Bronze Age farms field systems and entire Iron Age villages. He appears frequently on TV's Time Team and is the author of The Making of the British Landscape Seahenge as well as Britain BC and Britain AD both of which he adapted and presented as Channel 4 series.Show More Show Less
language: English
title: Home: A Time Traveller's Tales from Britain's Prehistory
publisher: Allen Lane