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 …

Sited at the furthest limits of the Neolithic revolution and standing at the confluence of the
two great sea routes of prehistory, Britain and Ireland are distinct from continental Europe for …

Drawing upon his own extensive knowledge of European archaeology, Graeme Barker has
impressively integrated the full range of archaeological data to produce in this book a …

This paper questions whether the current model of hillforts as central places for the control
and redistribution of goods in Iron Age Britain is appropriate by reviewing the evidence for …

The book is structured around four main themes corresponding to different scales of
sociality. First, there is the manner in which individuals, households, and communities …

Britain has been inhabited by humans for over half a million years, during which time there
were a great many changes in lifestyles and in the surrounding landscape. This book, now …

This paper explores how the lifecycles of Middle Bronze Age settlements were intimately
related at both a practical and metaphorical level to the lifecycles of their inhabitants. Many …

The disappearance of an archaeologically visible burial rite at the beginning of the Late
Bronze Age has puzzled archaeologists for some years yet has never formed a specific …

This paper discusses the development of pottery styles in southern and eastern England
during the first half of the first millennium BC The region discussed is Hawkes' Southern …

A major phase of economic expansion occurred in southern England during the second and
early first millennium BC, accompanied by a fundamental shift in regional power and wealth …