The Iron Age Round-House - Later Prehistoric Building in Britain and Beyond (Hardcover, New)

In contrast to Continental Europe, where the Iron Age is abundantly represented by funerary remains as well as by hill-forts and major centres, the British Iron Age is mainly represented by its settlement sites, and especially by houses of circular ground-plan, apparently in marked contrast to the Central and Northern European tradition of rectangular houses. In lowland Britain the evidence for timber round-houses comprises the footprint of post-holes or foundation trenches; in the Atlantic north and west, the remains of monumental stone-built houses survive as upstanding ruins, testimony to the building skills of Iron Age engineers and masons. D. W. Harding's fully illustrated study explores not just the architectural aspects of round-houses, but more importantly their role in the social, economic and ritual structure of their communities, and their significance as symbols of Iron Age society in the face of Romanization.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2009
First published:	December 2009
Authors:	D. W Harding
Dimensions:	241 x 162 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	360
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-955857-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Prehistoric archaeology Promotions
LSN:	0-19-955857-4
Barcode:	9780199558575

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