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Harold Mytum - Monumentality in Later Prehistory - 9781493947867 - V9781493947867
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Monumentality in Later Prehistory

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Description for Monumentality in Later Prehistory Paperback. This volume provides the results of a 30-year excavation, reconstruction, and public interpretation campaign at the late prehistoric settlement of Castell Henllys. It offers careful consideration of the changing roles of heritage in cultural politics. Num Pages: 350 pages, 54 black & white illustrations, 87 colour illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: HD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 669.
This volume provides the results of a 30-year excavation, reconstruction, and public interpretation campaign at the late prehistoric inland promontory settlement of Castell Henllys, here focusing on the defensive sequence and the role of monumentality in later prehistory. The site has international significance because of the extensive excavations of the Iron Age palisaded settlement and later earthen ramparts, complex gateway, and chevaux-de-frise of upright stones. It is now widely recognised that the Iron Age consisted of many regional cultural traditions, and the excavations at Castell Henllys provide a vital contrast to the well-known large hillfort communities in other parts of ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781493947867
SKU
V9781493947867
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About Harold Mytum
Harold Mytum MA (Cambridge) DPhil (Oxford) FSA is Director of the Centre for Manx Studies and Professor of Archaeology at the University of Liverpool. His fieldwork at Castell Henllys and other regional sites has continued over 30 years, partly within a field school training context (Global Perspectives on Archaeological Field Schools. Constructions of knowledge and experience. New York: Springer, 2012). ... Read more

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