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Author Cunliffe, Barry W

Title Iron Age communities in Britain : an account of England, Scotland and Wales from the seventh century BC until the Roman conquest / Barry Cunliffe
Edition 4th ed
Published London : Routledge, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Contents Front Cover -- Iron Age Communities in Britain -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface to the first edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the third edition -- Part I: Introduction -- 1. The development of Iron Age studies -- Part II: Space and time -- 2. Space and time -- 3. The background -- 4. Regional groupings: south and east -- 5. Regional groupings: north and west -- 6. Protohistory to history, c. 150 BC to AD 43 -- 7. The tribes of the south-eastern core: Catuvellauni/Trinovantes, Iceni, Cantii and Atrebates -- 8. The tribes of the periphery: Durotriges, Dobunni and Corieltauvi -- 9. The late pre-Roman Iron Age in western and northern Britain -- 10. The establishment of Roman control -- Part III: Themes -- 11. Themes -- 12. Settlement and settlement pattern in the south and east -- 13. Settlement and settlement pattern in the west and north -- 14. The development of hillforts and oppida -- 15. Food producing strategies -- 16. Continental trade and contact -- 17. Craft, industry and art -- 18. Warfare -- 19. Death and the gods -- Part IV: Systems -- 20. Iron Age society and social change -- 21. Models, systems and beyond -- Appendix A: Pottery -- Appendix B: Selected radiocarbon dates -- Appendix C: List of principal sites -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary Since its first publication in 1971, Barry Cunliffe's monumental survey has established itself as a classic of British archaeology. This fully revised fourth edition maintains the qualities of the earlier editions, whilst taking into account the significant developments that have moulded the discipline in recent years. Barry Cunliffe here incorporates new theoretical approaches, technological advances and a range of new sites and finds, ensuring that Iron Age Communities in Britain remains the definitive guide to the subject
Notes Previous edition: 1991
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Iron age -- Great Britain
Britons.
HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
Britons
Celtic antiquities
Iron age
SUBJECT Great Britain -- History -- To 55 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056720
Great Britain -- Antiquities, Celtic
Subject Great Britain
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
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