
- 224 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Britain 3000 BC
About this book
Were prehistoric people like us? How did they live, what did they think and how did they see their world?
3000 BC was a moment of great significance in the British Isles: Avebury, Stonehenge and many other major monuments were at vital stages in their construction and use, and writing – often regarded as the ultimate hallmark of civilisation – made its first appearance in Europe. In this revised and updated edition of Britain 3000 BC, Rodney Castleden uses the evidence of archaeological investigations to recreate the society, customs, economy, religion and ritual of Britain 5000 years ago, and to reveal the lost world of prehistoric people.
From the well-built stone houses of Skara Brae on the Orkney Islands to the more primitive wooden huts of Honington in Suffolk, Castleden enters the dwellings and lifestyles of neolithic communities and delves into the nature of their society, their trading networks and positive obsession with death. Britain 3000 BC will be fascinating reading for everyone who is interested in prehistory, archaeology and the magnificent monuments our ancient ancestors left behind.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- One Introduction: the creative surge
- Two Britain: a newly formed island
- Three House and home: the human habitat
- Four New food sources
- Five A land without leaders
- Six Ways and means
- Seven The touchstones
- Eight The tombs: castles of eternity
- Nine Lines and circles drawn on the landscape
- Ten Language, arts and crafts
- Eleven People like us?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Picture Section