Maiden Castle is Britain's largest hillfort. Based partly on the authors own excavations, this book provides a survey of this monument placing it in the context of the surrounding area and relating it to significant regional and national developments from the same period. "Maiden Castle" is written by Niall Sharples who is an archaeologist and was Director of the Maiden Castle project.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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101 b&w illustrations, 12 colour illustrations, glossary, index
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978-0-7134-6079-7 (9780713460797)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
An introduction to the monument; the environment and agricultural settlement of Dorset; the causewayed camp; activity at the causewayed camp; South Dorset 3500-700BC; the first hillfort; the developed hillfort; social relationships and economic activity 450-50BC; the end of the hillfort - Maiden Castle 50BC to 450AD.
