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Iron Age Hillforts In Britain And Beyond

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Author : Dennis Harding
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012-12-06

Iron Age Hillforts In Britain And Beyond written by Dennis Harding and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with History categories.

Widely regarded as major visible field monuments of the Iron Age, hillforts are central to an understanding of later prehistoric communities in Britain and Europe. Harding reviews the changing perceptions of hillforts and the future prospects for hillfort research, highlighting aspects of contemporary investigation and interpretation.

Hillforts

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Author : Al Oswald
language : en
Publisher: English Heritage
Release Date : 2013-04-15

Hillforts written by Al Oswald and has been published by English Heritage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-15 with Social Science categories.

A detailed archaeological landscape survey which investigates the purpose, design and function of Iron Age hillforts in Northumberland National Park.

Hillforts Britain Ireland And The Nearer Continent

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Author : Gary Lock
language : en
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2019-06-27

Hillforts Britain Ireland And The Nearer Continent written by Gary Lock and has been published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-27 with Social Science categories.

The Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland project (2012-2016) compiled a massive database on hillforts by a team drawn from the Universities of Oxford, Edinburgh and Cork. This volume outlines the history of the project, offers preliminary assessments of the online digital Atlas and presents initial research studies using Atlas data.

Beacons In The Landscape

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Author : Ian Brown
language : en
Publisher: Windgather Press
Release Date : 2009-07-20

Beacons In The Landscape written by Ian Brown and has been published by Windgather Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-20 with Social Science categories.

Of all Britain's great archaeological monuments the Iron Age hillforts have arguably had the most profound impact on the landscape, if only because there are so many; yet we know very little about them. Were they recognised as being something special by those who created them or is the 'hillfort' purely an archaeologists' 'construct'? How were they constructed, who lived in them and to what uses were they put? This book, which is richly illustrated with photography of sites throughout England and Wales, addresses these and many other questions. After discussing the difficult issue of definition and the great excavations on which our knowledge is based, Ian Brown investigates in turn hillforts' origins, their architecture, and the role they played in Iron Age society. He also discusses the latest theories about their location, social significance and chronology. The book provides a valuable synthesis of the rich vein of research carried out in Britain on hillforts over the last thirty years. Hillforts' great variability poses many problems, and this book should help guide both the specialist and non-specialist alike though the complex literature. Furthermore, it has an important conservation objective. Land use in the modern era has not been kind to these monuments, with a significant number either disfigured or lost. Public consciousness of their importance needs raising if their management is to be improved and their future assured.

Hillforts Of The Cheshire Ridge

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Author : Dan Garner
language : en
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2017-01-09

Hillforts Of The Cheshire Ridge written by Dan Garner and has been published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-09 with Social Science categories.

The Habitats and Hillforts of Cheshire’s Sandstone Ridge Landscape Partnership Project was focussed on six of Cheshire hillforts and their surrounding habitats and landscapes. It aimed to develop understanding of the chronology and role of the hillforts and encourage local interest and involvement in their maintenance.

The Wessex Hillforts Project

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Author : Andrew Payne
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2014-06-15

The Wessex Hillforts Project written by Andrew Payne and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-15 with Social Science categories.

The earthwork forts that crown many hills in Southern England are among the largest and most dramatic of the prehistoric features that still survive in our modern rural landscape. The Wessex Hillforts Survey collected wide-ranging data on hillfort interiors in a three-year partnership between the former Ancient Monuments Laboratory of English Heritage and Oxford University. These defended enclosures, occupied from the end of the Bronze Age to the last few centuries before the Roman conquest, have long attracted archaeological interest and their function remains central to study of the Iron Age. The communal effort and high degree of social organistation indicated by hillforts feeds debate about whether they were strongholds of Celtic chiefs, communal centres of population or temporary gathering places occupied seasonally or in times of unrest. Yet few have been extensively examined archaeologically. Using non-invasive methods, the survey enabled more elaborate distinctions to be made between different classes of hillforts than has hitherto been possible. The new data reveals not only the complexity of the archaeological record preserved inside hillforts, but also great variation in complexity among sites. Survey of the surrounding coutnryside revealed hillforts to be far from isolated features in the later prehistoric landscape. Many have other less visible, forms of enclosed settlement in close proximity. Others occupy significant meeting points of earlier linear ditch systems and some appear to overlie, or be located adjacent to, blocks of earlier prehistoric field systems.

Hillforts Warfare And Society In Bronze Age Ireland

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Author : William O'Brien
language : en
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2017-07-24

Hillforts Warfare And Society In Bronze Age Ireland written by William O'Brien and has been published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-24 with Social Science categories.

This is the first project to study hillforts in relation to warfare and conflict in Bronze Age Ireland. This project combines remote sensing and GIS-based landscape analysis with conventional archaeological survey to investigate ten prehistoric hillforts across southern Ireland.

Hillforts And The Durotriges

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Author : Dave Stewart
language : en
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2017-11-20

Hillforts And The Durotriges written by Dave Stewart and has been published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-20 with Social Science categories.

This volume sets out the results of a detailed programme of non-intrusive geophysical survey conducted across hillforts of Dorset (UK), generating detailed subsurface maps of archaeological features, in the hope of better resolving the phasing, form and internal structure of these iconic sites.

Hillforts Of The Iron Age In England And Wales

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Author : James L. Forde-Johnston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976

Hillforts Of The Iron Age In England And Wales written by James L. Forde-Johnston and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with History categories.

Hillfort Defences Of Southern Britain

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Author : Michael Avery
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993

Hillfort Defences Of Southern Britain written by Michael Avery and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Archaeology categories.

A comprehensive study of the defences of prehistoric hillforts in southern Britain. The first volume examines the various forms and construction of ramparts and entrances, the dating of hillforts and their associated pottery, and the military and economic background to hillfort use in prehistory. Volume two presents the evidence from almost 150 individual sites excavated up to 1979, whilst the final volume contains appendices with results from excavations at Maiden Castle, Dorset, evidence from radiocarbon dating, and figures and illustrations.