The Making of the British Landscape by Francis Pryor

The Making of the British Landscape by Francis Pryor

Tells the changing story of Britain as it has been preserved in our fields, roads, buildings, towns and villages, mountains, forests and islands. This book explains how to read these clues to understand the fascinating history of our land and of how people have lived on it throughout time. It covers both the urban and rural.

Pryor is that rare combination of a first-rate working archaeologist and a good writer, with the priceless ability of being able to explain complex ideas clearlyThis is popular archaeology at its best. Times Higher Educational Supplement The British landscape is as rich a source of inspiration as ever and this book makes an excellent companion guide. -- Margaret Drabble Telegraph Generously informative and challenging...compelling -- Jonathan Keates Sunday Telegraph Pryor feels the land rather than simply knowing it. -- Kathryn Hughes Guardian

Former president of the Council for British Archaeology, Dr FRANCIS PRYOR has spent thirty years studying the prehistory of the Fens. He has excavated sites as diverse as Bronze Age farms, field systems and entire Iron Age villages. He appears frequently on TV's Time Team and is the author of Seahenge, as well as Britain BC and Britain AD, both of which he adapted and presented as Channel 4 series.

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ISBN 13	9781846142055
ISBN 10	1846142059
Title	The Making of the British Landscape
Author	Francis Pryor
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	2010-06-03
Number of pages	848
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