BEACONS IN THE LANDSCAPE: THE HILLFORTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES
Written by Ian Brown
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.
in 2009
ISBN: 9781905119226
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- LANDSCAPE
- ARCHITECTURE
BEACONS IN THE LANDSCAPE: THE HILLFORTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES
Written by Ian Brown.
Stock no. 1830218
1st.
2009.
Softcover.
Very good condition.
Were the hillforts of Britain's landscape something special by those who created them or is the 'hillfort' purely an archaeologists' 'construct'? How were they built, who lived in them and to what uses were they put? A valuable synthesis of the rich vein of research carried out in England and Wales on hillforts. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. xi and 267 pages including index. ISBN: 9781905119226. A lovely copy, marred only by creasing to tip of lower corners from page 181 to the rear cover.
BEACONS IN THE LANDSCAPE: THE HILLFORTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES
Written by Ian Brown.
Stock no. 1828022
1st.
2009.
Softcover.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Were the hillforts of Britain's landscape something special by those who created them or is the 'hillfort' purely an archaeologists' 'construct'? How were they built, who lived in them and to what uses were they put? A valuable synthesis of the rich vein of research carried out in England and Wales on hillforts. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. xi and 267 pages including index. ISBN: 9781905119226. Covers lightly scuffed. Name & date in ink to title page. Else a lovely copy.
Front cover
Contents
- List of Figures
- Notes
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Part 1 The 'Elusive' Hillfort
- 1. Definition and Distribution
- 2. Great Surveys - Great Excavations
- Part 2 Defining the Space
- 3. Beginnings
- 4. Enclosure
- 5. Interiors
- Part 3 Hillforts and Society
- 6. People
- 7. Economy
- 8. Superstition, Belief and Ritual
- 9. Coins, Tribes, Rome and Resistance
- Part 4 Hillfort Location, Function and Social Significance
- 10 Beacons in the Landscape: New Theories - New Questions
- 11. Hillforts: A Synthesis of Ideas
- Bibliography
- Index