As in 'Britain B.C.' and 'Britain A.D.' (also accompanied by Channel 4 series), eminent archaeologist Francis Pryor challenges familiar historical views of the Middle Ages by examining fresh evidence from the ground.
An investigation into the lives of our prehistoric ancestors, focusing on the revolution in Bronze Age archaeology which has been taking place since the 1980s, and in which the author has played a central role.
Maintains that early farming in Britain has been misunderstood, due to a loss of contact with the countryside and failure to understand prehistoric farming methods. To redress this problem, this book reconstructs the lives of prehistoric farmers, using the author's experience as a farmer to provide details on crop cultivation and flock management.
Presents a radical reassessment of Britain in the middle ages. The author shows that the Middle Ages were actually the time when the modern world was born. This was when Britain moved from Late Antiquity into a recognizable world of fixed roads and parishes, and familiar institutions, such as the church and local government, came into being.
A detailed archaeological and environment history report on Bronze Age culture in England. It explores wooden constructions, field systems, and Bronze Age life and ritual in Flag Fen Basin, Cambridgeshire.
This is a study of this early and well preserved lower Welland Valley enclosure, indicating that it comprises a number of ritual pits with family or kin group associated ditches.