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On the Ocean
The Mediterranean and the Atlantic from Prehistory to AD 1500
Langbeschreibung
The story of the contest between humans and the sea, played out in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic from early prehistory until AD 1500.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1: Those in Peril on the Sea
Barry Cunliffe taught archaeology in the Universities of Bristol and Southampton and was Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1972 to 2008, thereafter becoming Emeritus Professor. He has excavated widely in Britain (Fishbourne, Bath, Danebury, Hengistbury Head, Brading) and in the Channel Islands, Brittany, and Spain, and has been President of the Council for British Archaeology and of the Society of Antiquaries, a Governor of the Museum of London, and a Trustee of the British Museum. He is currently a Commissioner of English Heritage. His many publications include The Ancient Celts (1997), Facing the Ocean (2001), The Druids: A Very Short Introduction (2010), Britain Begins (2012), and By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean (2015), all published by Oxford University Press. He received a knighthood in 2006.
ISBN-13:
9780198757894
Veröffentl:
2017
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.12.2017
Seiten:
640
Autor:
Barry Cunliffe
Gewicht:
1549 g
Format:
254x194x43 mm
Sprache:
Englisch