Archaeology in British Towns
Subtitle: From the Emperor Claudius to the Black Death
Publisher: Routledge
Published: June 25, 1996
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780415144209
First sentence: Once upon a time the word archaeology would have conjured up images of baggy shorts, solar topis, Lawrence of Arabia, Ur of the Chaldees or Tutankhamun; in other words glamorous exploration by the privileged few in hot countries around the Mediterranean or in the Near East.