The present volume provides a much needed contribution to island archaeology by examining the characteristics of the initial occupation of the Mediterranean islands. It enhances our understanding of the mechanisms, strategies, cultural contingencies and social alliances that enabled the consolidation of a permanent human presence in these settings.
by Christopher Hawkes, Lisa Brown and Sonia Chadwick Hawkes
Price: $60.00
ISBN: 9781905905256
Pub Date: 2012-12-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxford University School of Archaeology
The early Iron Age settlement at Longbridge Deverill Cow Down, Wiltshire is justly regarded as one of the type sites of the British Iron Age. During four brief seasons of excavation between 1956 and 1960 Sonia Chadwick Hawkes investigated three enclosures and revealed the well-preserved remains of four impressive timber roundhouses.
a report of the 1995-98 excavations at Gorham's and Vanguard Caves, Gibraltar
by R. N. E. Barton, C. B. Stringer and J. C. Finlayson
Edited by N. Barton and C. B. Stinger
Price: $60.00
ISBN: 9781905905249
Pub Date: 2012-03-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Oxford University School of Archaeology
Excavations at the adjacent sites of Gorhams Cave and Vanguard Cave have yielded a rich combination of archaeological and palaeoenvironmental finds covering a timespan of over 100,000 years. This volume deals with the primary results of the 1995-1998 excavations at both caves.
The Najerilla flows from the mountains of the Sierra de la Demanda to the River Ebro in the western part of the province of La Rioja in northern Spain. Here fieldwork and excavations from 2000-2003 examined the varied landscapes of the valley and focused on the excavation of two Iron Age hilltop settlements, Castillo Antiguo and Cerro Molino.
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