By David Field,Dave McOmish,Steve Speller
Yet there's even more to the prehistory of Wiltshire than Stonehenge, Avebury and Silbury Hill. The latter websites are after all all right here, yet so too are the common fields and enclosures of the Bronze Age that confirmed a template around the nation-state for later generations to keep on with, and the big hillforts of the Iron Age that stand sentinel-like overlooking the chalkland river valleys. attention-grabbing websites abound, fairly at the extensive expanses of uncultivated downland, and those offer a amazing perception into prior societies, economic climate and cost. Prehistoric impression at the panorama used to be large and the archaeology unearths the character of improvement and alterations around the countryside.
This quantity presents an up to date account of the prehistory of Wiltshire from the earliest proof for human profession to the impression at the Romano-British nation-state. It outlines the impact of prior weather swap at the topography and the way animals and other people confirmed the panorama that we all know this present day. the tale is one in every of exuberant yet over the top monument development, of innovation probably fuelled via pageant to provoke, and of the fight to subsist.
Proceeds from this booklet visit the Wiltshire Archaeological & traditional historical past Society.
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