3rd Edition

The Archaeology of Britain An Introduction from Earliest Times to the Twenty-First Century

Edited By Vicki Cummings, Stephen Driscoll Copyright 2025
492 Pages 186 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

492 Pages 186 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

492 Pages 186 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Archaeology of Britain provides an up-to-date introduction to the archaeology 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 third edition offers expanded coverage and includes updates relating to the latest research and advances in scientific dating and other techniques. This... Read more

List of contributors

 

1 British Archaeology in the 21st century: an introduction

Vicki Cummings and Stephen Driscoll

 

2. The Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain 850,000 to 11,500 years ago

Paul Pettitt and Mark White

 

3. Hunter-Gatherers of the Mesolithic

Steven Mithen and Nicky Milner

 

4. The Early Neolithic

Vicki Cummings and Alasdair Whittle

 

5. The Middle and Late Neolithic

Susan Greaney and Alasdair Whittle

 

6. The Early Bronze Age

Mike Parker Pearson

 

7. The Middle and Late Bronze Age

Joanna Brück

 

8. The Iron Age

Colin Haselgrove and Meredith Laing

9 Roman Britain: the military dimension

W.S. Hanson

 

10 Roman Britain: Civil

Michael Fulford

 

11 Early Historic Britain

Catherine Hills

 

12 Early Medieval Celtic Britain: The Early Historic Period

Stephen T. Driscoll and Adrián Maldonado

 

13 Viking Britain

Julian D. Richards

 

14 Landscapes of the Middle Ages Towns 1050–1500

 

15 Landscapes of the Middle Ages. Castles, churches and monasteries: the state, law, and belief

Stephen T.  Driscoll and C. Pamela Graves

 

16 LANDSCAPES OF THE MIDDLE AGES: Rural settlement and manors

Paul Stamper

 

17 Britain From AD 1500 to 1830

Jonathan Finch

 

18 The Spoils Of Industry: The Archaeology Of The 18th And 19th Centuries

Kate Clark and Michael Nevell

 

19 The Plastic Age

John Schofield

 

20 Britain’s historic environment: Our past in the present

Timothy Darvill

 

Index

Biography

Vicki Cummings is a Professor of Neolithic Archaeology at Cardiff University.

Stephen T. Driscoll is a Professor of Historical Archaeology at the University of Glasgow.