{"product_id":"prehistoric-britain-9780300039511","title":"Prehistoric Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublishers statement: \"Britain has been inhabited by man for nearly half a million years  during which time there have been a great many changes in lifestyles and in its surrounding landscape. In this book Timothy Darvill makes use of available archeological evidence to examine the development of human societies in Britain from earliest times to the Roman Conquest. Darvill gives special attention to six themes that are traced through all phases of prehistory: subsistence  technology  ritual  trade  society  and population. He first presents the background to prehistoric studies in Britain  in terms of the development of interest in the subject and the changes wrought by new techniques (such as radiocarbon dating) and new theories (such as the emphasis on social archaeology.) He then traces the development of society from the hunter-gatherer groups of the last Ice Age  through the development of farming  the introduction of metalworking  and on to the rise of highly organized societies living on the fringes of the mighty Roman Empire in the first century A.D.Throughout  emphasis is given to documenting and explaining changes within the prehistoric communities  and to exploring the regional variations found around Britain. In this way the evidence that can be seen in the British countryside and in museums is placed firmly in its proper context. Darvill rounds off his study with a review of the effects of prehistoric communities on life today. With over 100 illustrations  this is a unique review of Britains ancient past as revealed by modern archaeology.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67924700364853,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300039514","price":60.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300039511.jpg?v=1794139650","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/prehistoric-britain-9780300039511","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}