Guernsey
An Island Community of the Atlantic Iron Age
Published on 1. December 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
129 pages
978-0-947816-44-5 (ISBN)
Description
This volume is largely composed of a report of excavations in St. Peter Port in 1980-83, which revealed a later Iron Age settlement with a smithy and stone covered graves. Not only Iron Age material was discovered, Bronze Age pottery also appeared, as well as later finds from Medieval and Roman times. The rest of the study is devoted to the Iron Age cist burials, a special feature of the island, which exist in considerable numbers and have not been fully discussed since the 1920s. A gazetteer of Iron Age sites and finds in Guernsey, Herm and Sark is followed by a brief discussion on the Iron Age occupation of Guernsey and its place in the trade between Armorica and Britain.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
num figs
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-947816-44-5 (9780947816445)
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Barry Cunliffe was Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1972 to 2007. He has worked on many of the iconic British excavations including Fishbourne Roman Palace, Danebury Hillfort and Hengistbury Head. He is an authority on the Iron Age and the Celts, and the author of many scholarly and popular publications including The Oxford Illustrated History of Prehistoric Europe, Britain Begins, and The Celts, A Very Short Introduction. Dr Heather Sebire is the Senior Historic Property Curator at English Heritage for the West of England. She was the curator for Archaeology at Guernsey Museum from 1996 to 2003 and then States Archaeologist in Guernsey from 2003 until 2007. She has published many articles and papers on Channel Islands archaeology.