The archaeology of Britain: an introduction from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Industrial Revolution.

The archaeology of Britain: an introduction from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Industrial Revolution. JOHN HUNTER & IAN IAN Interactive Affiliate NetworkIAN i am nothingIAN Instrumentation & Automation NewsIAN Ianuarius (Latin: January)IAN Instituto Agronomico Nacional (Paraguay)IAN Incident Area Network RALSTON (ed.). The archaeology of Britain: anintroduction from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Industrial Revolution.xiv+328 pages, 147 figures. 1999. London & New York New York, state, United StatesNew York,Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of : Routledge;0-415-13588-5 paperback 19.99 [pounds sterling]. The archaeology of Britain comprises 15 chapters by a starry castof authors on successive periods of prehistory prehistory,period of human evolution before writing was invented and records kept. The term was coined by Daniel Wilson in 1851. It is followed by protohistory, the period for which we have some records but must still rely largely on archaeological evidence to and history along with anopening chapter on research since 1945 and a closing one onarchaeological heritage management. The Roman period takes two, one onmilitary archaeology, the other on town & country. The chapters onthe later Medieval and Post-Medieval periods attempt to take a moreinclusive `landscape' approach. The whole is elegantly produced andimaginatively illustrated. It looks handy for teachers and attractivefor students. It could go well with DREWETT (`Archaeological methods andtechniques', below). Now in paperback, Historic shipwrecks describes and analyses 44sites around Great Britain, one off Ulster and two off Shetland. Frombattleships to Indiamen and coasters to a submarine, they date fromearlier Medieval to 1880. As well as a short introduction and summary,there are brief notes on types of wreckage and on topics from ballast tofrigates and from diving rules to research criteria. Good illustrationsenliven the whole.