Life and Death in the Bronze Age |
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Author:
| Fox, Cyril |
Series title: | Routledge Library Editions: Archaeology Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-322-23242-3 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2015 |
Publisher: | Routledge
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $115.00 |
Book Description:
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This is a great work by one of the pioneers of modern archaeology. The period covered is from 1700 to 700 B.C. and is mainly concerned with the author s field work in western Britain. It deals with burial ritual dances, processions, "houses of the dead," the objects deposited, the building of the barrow; and it shows by line drawings and photographs how scientific excavation nowadays is planned and executed.
The book gathers together an immense amount of research completed...
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This is a great work by one of the pioneers of modern archaeology. The period covered is from 1700 to 700 B.C. and is mainly concerned with the author s field work in western Britain. It deals with burial ritual dances, processions, "houses of the dead," the objects deposited, the building of the barrow; and it shows by line drawings and photographs how scientific excavation nowadays is planned and executed.
The book gathers together an immense amount of research completed over a long span of years on burials and the ceremonial which attended them. Originally published in 1959."