172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
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This study, first published in 1978, explores the evidence for pre-Roman settlement in Britain. Four aspects of the prehistoric economy are described by the author – colonisation and clearance; arable and pastoral farming; transhumance and nomadism; and hunting, gathering and fishing. These aspects have been brought together to formulate a structure which contains the evidence more naturally than... Read more
Preface 1. Introduction: Still Life of Sherds 2. A Pure Soil: Clearance and Colonisation 3. Tillage and Hard Labour: Arable and Pasture 4. Rigidly Liturgical Movements: Transhumance and Nomadism 5. The Healing of the Woods: Hunting and Gathering 6. The Magnitude of Antique Fragments: Possibilities and Suggestions
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Richard Bradley
