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Exploring Prehistoric & Roman England  

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A guide to sites, monuments and artefacts in the countryside and museums.  

With 268 pictures, mainly in colour, this book takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages and the Roman period. An understanding of where and how these ancient people lived, besides being a fascinating study in itself, will provide an insight into how later societies evolved.

Exploring Prehistoric & Roman England is intended to assist all who wish to seek out English field monuments for themselves as well as supplying a wealth of information to the armchair enthusiast. Details and illustrations are provided in abundance on artefacts, and guidance is given to museums containing material from these eras.

Landscapes have, of course, changed immeasurably since the time the sites were in use, and imagination has to supply the detail now lacking. Nevertheless, a variety of earthworks and other structures still survive in the landscape, and visits to locate them, followed by time spent in appropriate museums will help you to relate excavated objects to their sources, and place tools, weapons, pottery, and religious and decorative items in their proper context.

By recognising and understanding how the landscape tells its story you may be able to discover further sites and by seeing the artefacts in the context of where they were found can offer you valuable knowledge when interpreting future discoveries.

Exploring Prehistoric & Roman England shows you just some of the monuments that have survived around the country, as well as providing details of the museum that houses the artefacts related to each site.