Barry Cunliffe taught archaeology in the Universities of Bristol and Southampton and was Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1972 to 2008, thereafter becoming Emeritus Professor. He has excavated widely in Britain (Fishbourne, Bath, Danebury, Hengistbury Head, Brading) and in the Channel Islands, Brittany, and Spain, and has been President of the Council for British Archaeology and of the Society of Antiquaries, a Governor of the Museum of London, and a Trustee of the British Museum. He is currently a Commissioner of English Heritage. His many publications include The Ancient Celts (1997), Facing the Ocean (2001), and The Druids: A Very Short Introduction (2010), all also published by Oxford University Press. He received a knighthood in 2006.

• Preface ; 1. In the Beginning: Myths and Ancestors ; 2. Britain Emerges: the Stage is Set ; 3. Interlude: Enter the Actors ; 4. Settlement Begins 10,000 - 4200 BC ; 5. New People, New Ideas 4200 - 3000 BC ; 6. Mobilizing materials: a New Connectivity 3000 - 1500 BC ; 7. Interlude: Talking to Each Other ; 8. The Productive Land in The Age of Warriors 1500 - 800 BC ; 9. Episodes of Conflict 800 - 60 BC ; 10. Interlude: Approaching the Gods ; 11. Integration: the Roman Episode 60 BC - AD 350 ; 12. 'Its Red and Savage Tongue', AD 350 - 650 ; 13. The Age of the Northmen AD 600 - 1100 ; 14. Of Myths and Realities: an epilogue ; A Guide to Further Reading ; Index

There are clear and helpful illustrations, and there is enough information here to fill any semester-long course on the history of England, or rather Albion.

Barry Cunliffe taught archaeology in the Universities of Bristol and Southampton and was Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1972 to 2008, thereafter becoming Emeritus Professor. He has excavated widely in Britain (Fishbourne, Bath, Danebury, Hengistbury Head, Brading) and in the Channel Islands, Brittany, and Spain, and has been President of the Council for British Archaeology and of the Society of Antiquaries, a Governor of the Museum of London, and a Trustee of the British Museum. He is currently a Commissioner of English Heritage. His many publications include The Ancient Celts (1997), Facing the Ocean (2001), and The Druids: A Very Short Introduction (2010), all also published by Oxford University Press. He received a knighthood in 2006.

• Preface ; 1. In the Beginning: Myths and Ancestors ; 2. Britain Emerges: the Stage is Set ; 3. Interlude: Enter the Actors ; 4. Settlement Begins 10,000 - 4200 BC ; 5. New People, New Ideas 4200 - 3000 BC ; 6. Mobilizing materials: a New Connectivity 3000 - 1500 BC ; 7. Interlude: Talking to Each Other ; 8. The Productive Land in The Age of Warriors 1500 - 800 BC ; 9. Episodes of Conflict 800 - 60 BC ; 10. Interlude: Approaching the Gods ; 11. Integration: the Roman Episode 60 BC - AD 350 ; 12. 'Its Red and Savage Tongue', AD 350 - 650 ; 13. The Age of the Northmen AD 600 - 1100 ; 14. Of Myths and Realities: an epilogue ; A Guide to Further Reading ; Index

There are clear and helpful illustrations, and there is enough information here to fill any semester-long course on the history of England, or rather Albion.

Barry Cunliffe taught archaeology in the Universities of Bristol and Southampton and was Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1972 to 2008, thereafter becoming Emeritus Professor. He has excavated widely in Britain (Fishbourne, Bath, Danebury, Hengistbury Head, Brading) and in the Channel Islands, Brittany, and Spain, and has been President of the Council for British Archaeology and of the Society of Antiquaries, a Governor of the Museum of London, and a Trustee of the British Museum. He is currently a Commissioner of English Heritage. His many publications include The Ancient Celts (1997), Facing the Ocean (2001), and The Druids: A Very Short Introduction (2010), all also published by Oxford University Press. He received a knighthood in 2006.

• Preface ; 1. In the Beginning: Myths and Ancestors ; 2. Britain Emerges: the Stage is Set ; 3. Interlude: Enter the Actors ; 4. Settlement Begins 10,000 - 4200 BC ; 5. New People, New Ideas 4200 - 3000 BC ; 6. Mobilizing materials: a New Connectivity 3000 - 1500 BC ; 7. Interlude: Talking to Each Other ; 8. The Productive Land in The Age of Warriors 1500 - 800 BC ; 9. Episodes of Conflict 800 - 60 BC ; 10. Interlude: Approaching the Gods ; 11. Integration: the Roman Episode 60 BC - AD 350 ; 12. 'Its Red and Savage Tongue', AD 350 - 650 ; 13. The Age of the Northmen AD 600 - 1100 ; 14. Of Myths and Realities: an epilogue ; A Guide to Further Reading ; Index

There are clear and helpful illustrations, and there is enough information here to fill any semester-long course on the history of England, or rather Albion.