num_pages: 144
description: Part of a major series in which leading archaeologists bring the past to life, by interpreting the great historic monuments in which Britain is so rich. How and where did our prehistoric ancestor live during the 8000 years between the end of the Ice Age and the arrival of the Romans in AD 43? In tracing the variety and development of prehistoric settlements from the hunter-gatherers of the MESOLITHIC TO THE TRIBES OF THE Iron Age, Dr. Bewley takes a fresh look at all the keys sites, Star Carr and Mesolithic settlements, the ‘causewayed camps’ of the Neolithic, Bodmin Moor and other Bronze Age landscapes, the Dartmoor ‘reaves’ and the other land divisions, and the hillforts &amp; farmsteads of the Iron Age. Throughout, the book concentrates on two central points – the close relationship between the individual settlement site and the wider landscape; and the ways in which archaeologists discover, interpret – and constantly reinterpret – prehistoric settlements. Profusely illustrated with plans, photographs (including high-quality aerial photographs) and imaginative reconstructions, this popular introduction incorporates the most up-to-date archaeological research. It is completed by an annotated list of sites that are particularly worth visiting.
language: English
title: Prehistoric Settlement
titlecomplete: Prehistoric Settlement (English Heritage)
genres: Archaeology
ratings_count: 2
series: English Heritage
publisher: B T Batsford Ltd