Preface
Abbreviations
The Dictionary
Quick Reference
1: Principal international conventions and recommendations
converning the preservation of archaeological and historic sites
and artefacts
2: Principal stratgraphic subdivisions of the Cenozoic era
3: Principal stratigraphic subdivisions of the Quaternary system in
northwest Europe
4: Principal geostratigraphic and biostratigraphic subdivisions of
the late Devensian and Flandrian stages in the British Isles
5: Correlation of the principal geostratigraphic stages of the
Pleistocene series in Europe and North America
6: Principal periods, industrial ages, and traditions of the
British Bronze Age
7: Principal cultural phases in the Americas
8: Egyptian rulers and dynasties
9: Roman emperors
10: Leaders, rulers, kings, and queens of England to ad 1066
11: Selected archaeological websites and portals
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) .
Review from previous edition:
' a significant achievement ... a wealth of information ... it
will be invaluable to professional and amateur alike.' Professor
Barry Cunliffe
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