Books for British and Irish Archaeology Courses

Prehistoric Britain

2nd Edition

By Timothy Darvill

Series: Routledge World Archaeology

Britain has been inhabited by humans for over half a million years, during which time there were a great many changes in lifestyles and in the surrounding landscape. This book, now in its second edition, examines the development of human societies in Britain from earliest times to the Roman...

Published June 8th 2010 by Routledge

The Archaeology of Britain

An Introduction from Earliest Times to the Twenty-First Century, 2nd Edition

Edited by John Hunter, Ian Ralston

The Archaeology of Britain is the only concise and up-to-date introduction to the archaeological record of Britain from the reoccupation of the landmass by Homo sapiens during the later stages of the most recent Ice Age until last century. This fully revised second edition extends its coverage,...

Published December 6th 2009 by Routledge

Iron Age Communities in Britain

An account of England, Scotland and Wales from the Seventh Century BC until the Roman Conquest, 4th Edition

By Barry Cunliffe

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, whilst taking into account the significant developments that have moulded the...

Published August 20th 2009 by Routledge

The British Lower Palaeolithic

Stones in Contention

By John McNabb

Taking as its central theme the issue of whether early Hominins organized themselves into societies as we understand them, John McNabb looks at how modern researchers recognize such archaeological cultures. He examines the existence of a stone tool culture called the Clactonian to...

Published July 26th 2007 by Routledge