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Home: A Time Traveller's Tales from Britain's Prehistory
Francis Pryor
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Description for Home: A Time Traveller's Tales from Britain's Prehistory
Paperback. Explores the first nine thousand years of life in Britain, from the retreat of the glaciers to the Romans departure. This book traces the settlement of domestic communities, and shows how archaeology enables us to reconstruct the evolution of habits, traditions and customs. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3B; HBJD1; HBLA; HDDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
In Home Francis Pryor, author of The Making of the British Landscape, archaeologist and broadcaster, takes us on his lifetime's quest: to discover the origins of family life in prehistoric Britain Francis Pryor's search for the origins of our island story has been the quest of a lifetime. In Home, the Time Team expert explores the first nine thousand years of life in Britain, from the retreat of the glaciers to the Romans' departure. Tracing the settlement of domestic communities, he shows how archaeology enables us to reconstruct the evolution of habits, traditions and customs. But this, too, is Francis Pryor's own story: of his passion for unearthing our past, from Yorkshire to the west country, Lincolnshire to Wales, digging in freezing winters, arid summers, mud and hurricanes, through frustrated journeys and euphoric discoveries. Evocative and intimate, Home shows how, in going about their daily existence, our prehistoric ancestors created the institution that remains at the heart of the way we live now: the family. 'Under his gaze, the land starts to fill with tribes and clans wandering this way and that, leaving traces that can still be seen today . . . Pryor feels the land rather than simply knowing it' - Guardian
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Classic
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241955888
SKU
V9780241955888
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-46
About Francis Pryor
Former president of the Council for British Archaeology, Dr Francis Pryor has spent over thirty years studying our prehistory. He has excavated sites as diverse as Bronze Age farms, field systems and entire Iron Age villages. He appeared frequently on TV's Time Team and is the author of The Making of the British Landscape, Seahenge, as well as Britain BC and Britain AD, both of which he adapted and presented as Channel 4 series.
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