As the author of Seahenge, and a regular face on Channel 4's
popular Time Team, Francis Pryor is quickly becoming one of
Britain's most respected and recognized archaeologists. In this new
book he builds on his two-part BBC TV series of the same name to
give a comprehensive and compelling overview of how the cultural
identities of both Britain and Ireland developed. There's a general
misconception that, before to the arrival of the Romans, Britain
was a place of wild untamed tribes, united only in their ignorance
and barbarity. Yet archaeology is now starting to show that the
people who met Caesar's armies were in fact a sophisticated
civilization who had as much to lose as gain from subjugation by
Rome. Building on the work of Professor Bowen (author of Western
Seaways) and Barry Cunliffe (Facing the Ocean), Britain BC looks at
the 'personality' of pre-Roman Britain and Ireland and how both
nations developed, distinct but not isolated, from mainland Europe.
It's a staggering work, covering the period from the separation of
the British isles from mainland Europe around 6000 BC to their
gradual absorption by the ever-hungry Roman Empire in the first
century AD. Here in one epic volume Pryor has pulled together new
research and archaeological techniques to present a clear and
compelling tale - all highlighted with fascinating aerial
photographs. Pryor's skilful narrative has rescued ancient Britain
and Ireland from 'the twilight zone' of history and reinstated 'the
missing 99 per cent of British history'. This is a sharp, smart and
stimulating read. (Kirkus UK)
An authoritative and radical rethinking of the history of
Ancient Britain and Ancient Ireland, based on remarkable new
archaeological finds.
British history is traditionally regarded as having started with
the Roman Conquest. But this is to ignore half a million years of
prehistory that still exert a profound influence. Here Francis
Pryor examines the great ceremonial landscapes of Ancient Britain
and Ireland Stonehenge, Seahenge, Avebury and the Bend of the Boyne
as well as the discarded artefacts of day-to-day life, to create an
astonishing portrait of our ancestors.
This major re-revaluation of pre-Roman Britain, made possible in
part by aerial photography and coastal erosion, reveals a much more
sophisticated life in Ancient Britain and Ireland than has
previously been supposed."
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