Description
About the Author
Timothy Darvill is Professor of archaeology at Bournemouth University, and is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He graduated from Southampton University and has worked for the Western Archaeological Trust and the Council for British Archaeology. He has directed a number of excavations, was secretary of the Committee for Archaeology in Gloucestershire, and secretary of CBA Group 13. He has also served on the Council of the National Trust and was chairman of the Institute of Field Archaeologists. He is currently chairman of the board of directors of the Cotswold Archaeological Trust Ltd. His previous publications include numerous reports and papers in academic and popular journals, and he has written several books including: The Archaeology of the Uplands (1986), Prehistoric Britain (1987), and Prehistoric Britain from the Air (1997), England: An Archaeological Guide (2002), and Stonehenge: the biography of a landscape (2006) .
Reviews
Review from previous edition a significant achievement ... a wealth of information ... it will be invaluable to professional and amateur alike. * Professor Barry Cunliffe *
a superb collection of useful and unusual archaeological knowledge * Dr Francis Pryor *
comprehensive, proportionate, and limpid * Antiquity *
Book Information
ISBN 9780199534043
Author Timothy Darvill
Format Paperback
Page Count 560
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 406g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm * 32mm