An ambitious yet accessible account of Britainà â â s Neolithic Revolution that examines how the early agricultural settlers on our island shaped their landscape à â â and thus our own.
An ambitious yet accessible account of Britainà â â s Neolithic Revolution that examines how the early agricultural settlers on our island shaped their landscape à â â and thus our own.
David Miles was the Director of the Oxford Archaeological Unit for many years, and worked on projects in Britain, France, Greece and the West Indies. In 1999 he became Chief Archaeologist at English Heritage, where he developed a maritime archaeology unit and a project to study the impact of slavery in England. He has written many books on archaeology, particularly on the Roman and Migration periods in Britain, and one on the origins of the British, The Tribes of Britain.
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Preface Prologue: A gift from the past Part One: The Emergence of Humans Part Two: The First Farmers Part Three: Crossing the Water to Britain
