The Prehistory Of Britain And Ireland

Sited at the furthest limits of the Neolithic revolution and standing at theconfluence of the two great sea routes of prehistory Britain and Ireland aredistinct... » 

Sited at the furthest limits of the Neolithic revolution and standing at theconfluence of the two great sea routes of prehistory Britain and Ireland aredistinct from continental Europe for much of the prehistoric sequence. In thislandmark study the first significant survey of the archaeology of Britain andIreland for twenty years Richard Bradley offers a new interpretation of theunique archaeological record of these islands based on a wealth of current andlargely unpublished data. Bradley surveys the entire archaeological sequenceover a 4000 year period from the adoption of agriculture in the Neolithicperiod to the discovery of Britain and Ireland by travellers from theMediterranean during the later preRoman Iron Age. Significantly this is thefirst modern account to treat Britain and Ireland on equal terms offering adetailed interpretation of the prehistory of both islands. «