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1、P1:JZZ0521848113preCUFX059/BradlayPrinter:cupusbw0521848113March10,20070:33ThispageintentionallyleftblankiiP1:JZZ0521848113preCUFX059/BradlayPrinter:cupusbw0521848113March10,20070:33THEPREHISTORYOFBRITAINANDIRELANDThisbookpresentsanewinterpretationoftheprehis
2、toryofBritainandIrelandandisthefirstinmanyyearstoconsiderbothregionstogether.RichardBradleybeginstheaccountwhenBritainbecameseparatedfromtheContinentandendswiththeintegrationofthetwoislandsintoawiderEuropeannetworkshortlybeforetheRomanConquest.Usingbothtextual
3、andmaterialdocumentation,healsodistilstheresultsofrecentfieldwork,muchofitfundedbycommercialdevelopers,whichhasgreatlyexpandedthequantityandvarietyofexcavatedevidence.Bradleyalsocomparesthearchaeologyofbothislandsanddiscussesthevariedwaysinwhichtheirinhabitant
4、slivedtheirlives.Intendedasaninterpretationratherthanamanual,thisbookisprimarilyconcernedwithsettlements,landscapes,monuments,andtheevidenceforregionalvariation.Allofthesetopicsarediscussedinrelationtocontemporaryapproachestoprehistory.TreatingBritainandIrela
5、ndonequalterms,Bradleyalsoaimstoavoidemphasizingafewwell-researchedareas,anapproachthatcharacterizedpreviousaccountsofthissubject.RichardBradleyisaprofessorofarchaeologyattheUniversityofReading.AFellowoftheBritishAcademyandrecipientofanhonorarydoctoratefromth
6、eUniversityofLund,heistheauthorofRitualandDomesticLifeinPrehistoricEurope,ThePastinPrehistoricSocieties:AnArchaeologyofNaturalPlaces,TheSignificanceofMonuments,andRockArtandthePrehistoryofAtlanticEurope.iP1:JZZ0521848113preCUFX059/BradlayPrinter:cupusbw0521848
7、113March10,20070:33iiP1:JZZ0521848113preCUFX059/BradlayPrinter:cupusbw0521848113March10,20070:33CAMBRIDGEWORLDARCHAEOLOGYserieseditorNORMANYOFFEE,UniversityofMichiganeditorialboardSUSANALCOCK,UniversityofMichiganTOMDILLEHAY,UniversityofKentuckySTEPHENSHENNAN,
8、UniversityCollegeLondonCARLASINOPOLI,UniversityofMichiganTheCambridgeWorldArchaeologyseriesisaddressedtostudentsandpro-fessionalarchaeologistsandtoacademicsinrelateddisciplines.Eachvolume