The Atlantic Iron Age

This first ever survey of a well-known but neglected topic compiles and examines Iron Age settlement evidence for the 'Celtic Fringe', charting a fascinating history of the region and defining the archaeological Atlantic identity for the first time.

Informationen zum Autor Jon C. Henderson is currently Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Nottingham. His areas of research lie within the settlement archaeology of the European Iron Age, with a particular focus on the Atlantic regions of Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall and Brittany. He is also actively involved in underwater archaeology and in 2004 established the Underwater Archaeology Research Centre at Nottingham. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and a Member of the Institute of Field Archaeologists. Klappentext This first ever survey of a well-known but neglected topic compiles and examines Iron Age settlement evidence for the 'Celtic Fringe', charting a fascinating history of the region and defining the archaeological Atlantic identity for the first time. Zusammenfassung This first ever survey of a well-known but neglected topic compiles and examines Iron Age settlement evidence for the 'Celtic Fringe', charting a fascinating history of the region and defining the archaeological Atlantic identity for the first time. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Atlantic Europe: the lands of the continuity of tradition 2 Atlantic land and sea 3 The Atlantic Late Bronze Age (1200 600 BC) 4 Atlantic settlement in the first millennium BC 5 The Ultima Thule: Atlantic Scotland and Ireland 700 BC AD 200 6 The western approaches: South-west England and Armorica c. 750 BC AD 200 7 Atlantic communities and the sea

Autorentext
Jon C. Henderson is currently Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Nottingham. His areas of research lie within the settlement archaeology of the European Iron Age, with a particular focus on the Atlantic regions of Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall and Brittany. He is also actively involved in underwater archaeology and in 2004 established the Underwater Archaeology Research Centre at Nottingham. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and a Member of the Institute of Field Archaeologists.

Klappentext

This first ever survey of a well-known but neglected topic compiles and examines Iron Age settlement evidence for the 'Celtic Fringe', charting a fascinating history of the region and defining the archaeological Atlantic identity for the first time.

Inhalt
1 Atlantic Europe: the lands of the continuity of tradition 2 Atlantic land and sea 3 The Atlantic Late Bronze Age (1200600 BC) 4 Atlantic settlement in the first millennium BC 5 The Ultima Thule: Atlantic Scotland and Ireland 700 BCAD 200 6 The western approaches: South-west England and Armorica c. 750 BCAD 200 7 Atlantic communities and the sea