内容説明
This book is an account of a period covering some 4000 years from the beginnings of farming by stone-using communities to the end of the era of bronze. In this time the face of Britain changed profoundly, from a forest wilderness to a patchwork of open ground and managed woodland. Vast areas were deforested and have never grown trees since that time. The people went from building enormous ceremonial monuments to equally significant field systems, defended hillforts and permanent dwellings. Michael Parker Pearson looks at the ways in which we interpret the tantalizing evidence from this era of prehistory, showing what life was like and how it changed.
Book Description
This well-illustrated examination of the Neolithic as well as the Bronze Age takes a look at 4000 years of British prehistory, and investigates the ways in which archeologists interpret the challenging, tantalizing evidence discovered from this period. From the coming of the earliest farmers to the making and manufacture of metals, it's a fascinating story of a changing landscape, when forest wilderness began to disappear, and the inhabitants went from building enormous ceremonial monuments to creating significant field systems, defended hillforts, and permanent dwellings.