Social Relations in Later Prehistory

Wessex in the First Millennium BC

Niall Sharples author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:29th Apr '10

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In this fully illustrated study, Niall Sharples examine the complex social relationships of the Wessex region of southern England in the first millennium BC. He considers the nature of the landscape and manner of its organization, the methods that bring people together into large communities, the role of the individual, and how the region relates to other regions of Britain and Europe. These thematic concerns cover a detailed analysis of the significance of hillforts, the development of coinage and other exchange processes, the character of houses, and the nature of burial practices. Sharples offers an exciting new picture of a period and a region which has considerable importance for British archaeology, and he also provides all archaeologists interested in prehistory with a model of how later prehistoric society can be interpreted.

the first detailed attempt to construct an alternative, and very different, account of later prehistoric society... a challengingly different vision of the prehistoric societies of one region of Southern Britain, and one that will provoke considerable debate * Timothy Champion, Times Literary Supplement *
recommended purchase for anyone interested in the later prehistory of temperate Europe * Ian Ralston *
In clear and concise language, supported by figures of such clarity that other could imitate them, Sharples sets out his analysis of the period from the Late Bronze Age through to the Roman invasion of Wessex... This is an excellent survey of the Iron Age in Wessex * Paul C. Tubb, The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine *
No reference library will be complete without this volume. * Current Archaeology *

ISBN: 9780199577712

Dimensions: 241mm x 164mm x 25mm

Weight: 800g

392 pages