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Book Synopsis Iron Age Societies in the Severn-Cotswolds by : Tom Moore
Download or read book Iron Age Societies in the Severn-Cotswolds written by Tom Moore and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 2006 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the following theme: an examination of the processes of change in Iron Age social organisation and identity on a regional scale using the Severn-Cotswolds, England, as a case study.
Book Synopsis A Biography of Power: Research and Excavations at the Iron Age 'oppidum' of Bagendon, Gloucestershire (1979-2017) by : Tom Moore
Download or read book A Biography of Power: Research and Excavations at the Iron Age 'oppidum' of Bagendon, Gloucestershire (1979-2017) written by Tom Moore and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the changing nature of power and identity from the Iron Age to the Roman period in Britain. It provides fresh insights into the origins and nature of one of the lesser-known, but perhaps most significant, Late Iron Age 'oppida' in Britain: Bagendon in Gloucestershire.
Book Synopsis Prehistoric Gloucestershire by : Timothy Darvill
Download or read book Prehistoric Gloucestershire written by Timothy Darvill and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book charts the story of Gloucestershire's landscape and its inhabitants over a period spanning more than half a million years.
Book Synopsis Assessing Iron Age Marsh-Forts by : Shelagh Norton
Download or read book Assessing Iron Age Marsh-Forts written by Shelagh Norton and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-10-07 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume assesses marsh-forts as a separate phenomenon within Iron Age society through an understanding of their landscape context and palaeoenvironmental development. These substantial monuments appear to have been deliberately constructed to control areas of marginal wetland and may have played an important role in the ritual landscape.
Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Roman Britain by : Martin Millett
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Roman Britain written by Martin Millett and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-04 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a twenty-first century perspective on Roman Britain, combining current approaches with the wealth of archaeological material from the province. This volume introduces the history of research into the province and the cultural changes at the beginning and end of the Roman period. The majority of the chapters are thematic, dealing with issues relating to the people of the province, their identities and ways of life. Further chapters consider the characteristics of the province they lived in, such as the economy, and settlement patterns. This Handbook reflects the new approaches being developed in Roman archaeology, and demonstrates why the study of Roman Britain has become one of the most dynamic areas of archaeology. The book will be useful for academics and students interested in Roman Britain.
Book Synopsis Iron Age and Romano-British Agriculture in the North Gloucestershire Severn Vale by : Neil Holbrook
Download or read book Iron Age and Romano-British Agriculture in the North Gloucestershire Severn Vale written by Neil Holbrook and published by Cotswold Archaeological Trust. This book was released on 2008 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two reports are published in this volume: Prehistoric and Early Historic Activity, Settlement and Burial at Walton Cardiff, near Tewkesbury: Excavations at Rudgeway Lane 2004-2005 (by Jonathan Hart and E.R. McSloy), and Romano-British Agriculture at the former St James's Railway Station, Cheltenham: Excavations in 2000-2001 (by Laurent Coleman and Martin Watts). Significant remains from Rudgeway Lane include two Middle Bronze Age parallel ditches (the remains of an enclosure, or possibly a long barrow), and a Middle Iron Age enclosure superseded by 1st century AD unenclosed settlement, that was in turn replaced by a 2nd to late 3rd-century AD enclosed rectilinear settlement featuring a roundhouse, a well, several burials and an associated trackway. Two 6th-century burials, one with grave goods, were later made within the abandoned farmstead. At the St James's site in Cheltenham, excavation revealed a field system that was used and developed throughout the Roman period, together with a number of pits and postholes, with two late 4th century AD burials.
Book Synopsis Origins, Development and Abandonment of an Iron Age Village by : Andy Chapman
Download or read book Origins, Development and Abandonment of an Iron Age Village written by Andy Chapman and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excavations of a large Iron Age farming settlement in Northamptonshite spread across five sites, four studied here (The Lodge, Long Dole, Crick Hotel and Nortoft Lane, Kilsby) with Covert Farm, Crick studied in Volume I (9781784912086).
Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of the European Iron Age by : Colin Haselgrove
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the European Iron Age written by Colin Haselgrove and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 1425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of the European Iron Age presents a broad overview of current understanding of the archaeology of Europe from 1000 BC through to the early historic periods, exploiting the large quantities of new evidence yielded by the upsurge in archaeological research and excavation on this period over the last thirty years. Three introductory chapters situate the reader in the times and the environments of Iron Age Europe. Fourteen regional chapters provide accessible syntheses of developments in different parts of the continent, from Ireland and Spain in the west to the borders with Asia in the east, from Scandinavia in the north to the Mediterranean shores in the south. Twenty-six thematic chapters examine different aspects of Iron Age archaeology in greater depth, from lifeways, economy, and complexity to identity, ritual, and expression. Among the many topics explored are agricultural systems, settlements, landscape monuments, iron smelting and forging, production of textiles, politics, demography, gender, migration, funerary practices, social and religious rituals, coinage and literacy, and art and design.
Book Synopsis Alternative Iron Ages by : Brais X. Currás
Download or read book Alternative Iron Ages written by Brais X. Currás and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-09 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alternative Iron Ages examines Iron Age social formations that sit outside traditional paradigms, developing methods for archaeological characterisation of alternative models of society. In so doing it contributes to the debates concerning the construction and resistance of inequality taking place in archaeology, anthropology and sociology. In recent years, Iron Age research on Western Europe has moved towards new forms of understanding social structures. Yet these alternative social organisations continue to be considered as basic human social formations, which frequently imply marginality and primitivism. In this context, the grand narrative of the European Iron Age continues to be defined by cultural foci, which hide the great regional variety in an artificially homogenous area. This book challenges the traditional classical evolutionist narratives by exploring concepts such as non-triangular societies, heterarchy and segmentarity across regional case studies to test and propose alternative social models for Iron Age social formations. Constructing new social theory both archaeologically based and supported by sociological and anthropological theory, the book is perfect for those looking to examine and understand life in the European Iron Age. We are so grateful to the research project titled "Paisajes rurales antiguos del Noroeste peninsular: formas de dominacion romana y explotacion de recursos" [Ancient rural landscapes in Northwestern Iberia: Roman dominion and resource exploitation] (HAR2015-64632-P; MINECO/FEDER), directed from the Instituto de Historia (CSIC) and also to the Fundaçao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia [Foundation for Science and Technology] postdoctoral project: SFRH-BPD-102407-2014.
Book Synopsis Proceedings of the 17th Iron Age Research Student Symposium, Edinburgh by : Graeme JR Erskine
Download or read book Proceedings of the 17th Iron Age Research Student Symposium, Edinburgh written by Graeme JR Erskine and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-05-31 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the 17th Iron Age Research Student Symposium held in Edinburgh, organised to reflect three general themes (migration/interaction, material culture and the built environment)
Book Synopsis Lyde Green Roman Villa, Emersons Green, South Gloucestershire by : Matthew S. Hobson
Download or read book Lyde Green Roman Villa, Emersons Green, South Gloucestershire written by Matthew S. Hobson and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Roman villa at Lyde Green was excavated between mid-2012 and mid-2013 along with its surroundings and antecedent settlement. The results of the stratigraphic analysis are given here, along with specialist reports on the human remains, pottery (including thin sections), ceramic building material, small finds, coinage and iron-working waste.
Book Synopsis Atlantic Europe in the First Millennium BC by : Thomas Hugh Moore
Download or read book Atlantic Europe in the First Millennium BC written by Thomas Hugh Moore and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of 33 papers on the Atlantic region of Western Europe in the first millennium BC reflects a diverse range of theoretical approaches, techniques, and methodologies across current research, and is an opportunity to compare approaches to the first millennium BC from different national and theoretical perspectives.
Book Synopsis Prehistoric Britain by : Timothy Darvill
Download or read book Prehistoric Britain written by Timothy Darvill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-07-02 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prehistoric Britain, now in its second edition, examines the development of human societies in Britain from earliest times to the Roman conquest of AD 43, as revealed by archaeological evidence. Special attention is given to six themes which are traced through prehistory: subsistence, technology, ritual, trade, society, and population.
Book Synopsis English Landscapes and Identities by : Chris Gosden
Download or read book English Landscapes and Identities written by Chris Gosden and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The project on which the book was based synthesized all the major available sources of information on English archaeology for the period from 1500 BC to AD 1086, providing an overview of the history of the English landscape from the Bronze Age to the Norman invasion. The result is the first account of the English landscape over a crucial 2500-year period when people created many of the features still visible today. It also provides a celebration of many centuries of archaeological work, especially the intensive investigations that have taken place since the 1960s, when frequent large-scale work has transformed our understanding of England's past"--Publisher's description.
Book Synopsis Complex Assemblages, Complex Social Structures by : Wendy A. Morrison
Download or read book Complex Assemblages, Complex Social Structures written by Wendy A. Morrison and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-28 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Late Iron Age and Early Roman Britain has often been homogenised by models that focus on the resistance/assimilation dichotomy during the period of transition. Complex Assemblages examines the rural settlements of this period through the lens of Cultural Theory in order to tease out the more nuanced and diverse human landscape that the material suggests. This approach develops new ways of thinking about the variability observed in rural settlements from the end of the Middle Iron Age (MIA) to the early 2nd century AD; the selected study area is the Upper and Middle Thames Valley. This book uses the grid/group designations of Mary Douglas’ Cultural Theory as a tool to produce a more multifaceted picture of the period, exploring the assemblages of these rural settlements to understand the nature of the socio-political structures of the region, beyond the anonymity of tribal affiliation and the faceless economic dichotomy of high and low status.
Book Synopsis Rethinking Celtic Art by : Duncan Garrow
Download or read book Rethinking Celtic Art written by Duncan Garrow and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Early Celtic art' - typified by the iconic shields, swords, torcs and chariot gear we can see in places such as the British Museum - has been studied in isolation from the rest of the evidence from the Iron Age. This book reintegrates the art with the archaeology, placing the finds in the context of our latest ideas about Iron Age and Romano-British society. The contributions move beyond the traditional concerns with artistic styles and continental links, to consider the material nature of objects, their social effects and their role in practices such as exchange and burial. The aesthetic impact of decorated metalwork, metal composition and manufacturing, dating and regional differences within Britain all receive coverage. The book gives us a new understanding of some of the most ornate and complex objects ever found in Britain, artefacts that condense and embody many histories.
Book Synopsis The Social Context of Technology by : Leo Webley
Download or read book The Social Context of Technology written by Leo Webley and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Social Context of Technology explores non-ferrous metalworking in Britain and Ireland during the Bronze and Iron Ages (c. 2500 BC to 1st century AD). Bronze-working dominates the evidence, though the crafting of other non-ferrous metals – including gold, silver, tin and lead – is also considered. Metalwork has long played a central role in accounts of European later prehistory. Metals were important for making functional tools, and elaborate decorated objects that were symbols of prestige. Metalwork could be treated in special or ritualised ways, by being accumulated in large hoards or placed in rivers or bogs. But who made these objects? Prehistoric smiths have been portrayed by some as prosaic technicians, and by others as mystical figures akin to magicians. They have been seen both as independent, travelling ‘entrepreneurs’, and as the dependents of elite patrons. Hitherto, these competing models have not been tested through a comprehensive assessment of the archaeological evidence for metalworking. This volume fills that gap, with analysis focused on metalworking tools and waste, such as crucibles, moulds, casting debris and smithing implements. The find contexts of these objects are examined, both to identify places where metalworking occurred, and to investigate the cultural practices behind the deposition of metalworking debris. The key questions are: what was the social context of this craft, and what was its ideological significance? How did this vary regionally and change over time? As well as elucidating a key aspect of later prehistoric life in Britain and Ireland, this important examination by leading scholars contributes to broader debates on material culture and the social role of craft.
