Iron Age Communities in Britain: An Account of England, Scotland and Wales from the Seventh Century BC until the Roman Conquest

by Cunliffe,Barry

• ISBN13: 9780415347792
• ISBN10: 0415347793
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-10
• Publisher: Routledge

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 while taking into account the significant developments that have molded the discipline in recent years. Barry Cunliffe here incorporates new theoretical approaches, technological advances, and a range of new sites and finds, insuring thatIron Age Communities in Britainremains the definitive guide to the subject.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Part I Introduction	1	(24)
The beginnings of Iron Age studies	3	(22)
Part II Space and time	25	(208)
Space and time	27	(6)
Background	33	(37)
Regional groupings: an overview	70	(17)
Regional groupings: the ceramic evidence	87	(38)
Protohistory to history, c. 150 BC to AD 43	125	(24)
The tribes of the south-eastern core: Catuvellauni/Trinovantes, Cantii and Atrebates	149	(29)
The tribes of the periphery: Durotriges, Dobunni, Iceni and Corieltauvi	178	(23)
The late pre-Roman Iron Age in western and northern Britain	201	(19)
The establishment of Roman control	220	(13)
Part III Themes	233	(346)
Themes	235	(2)
Settlement and the settlement pattern in the south-east	237	(38)
Settlement and the settlement pattern in the west	275	(31)
Settlement and the settlement pattern in the centre and north	306	(41)
The development of hillforts and enclosed oppida	347	(60)
Food producing strategies	407	(39)
Exchanges with the wider world	446	(39)
Craft, production and art	485	(48)
Warfare	533	(10)
Beliefs and behaviour	543	(36)
Part IV Systems	579	(32)
Iron Age society and social change	581	(25)
Models, systems and beyond	606	(5)
Appendix A Pottery	611	(41)
Appendix B A note on radiocarbon dating	652	(3)
Appendix C List of principal sites	655	(17)
Abbreviations	672	(1)
Bibliography	673	(50)
Index	723