‘The past lies in fragments… one might just as well try to reconstruct the idea of a tree from its leaves, or…
This large, handsome volume, organised into 11 well-crafted chapters and associated appendices, describes the trenching rationale from 25 sites and reveals the…
In this fascinating book, Bryony Coles charts the history of beavers in Wales, from their earliest evidence dating to the Ice Age…
Written with an evocative turn of phrase and a sharp eye for interesting detail, Citadel of the Saxons is packed full of…
Based on the ‘Our Lincolnshire’ project, this book details the project’s aim of connecting the people of Lincolnshire with the rural heritage…
Caroline Wickham- Jones offers a useful, if at times rather dry, overview of current research on submerged landscapes around the world. The…
Roots of Nationhood is a timely volume that explores questions of heritage and nationhood. The chapters offer perspectives on themes of place,…
Christopher Tripp takes readers on a tour of Thurrock’s past, from the Palaeolithic (tools having been found at Purfleet, for example) to…
When does an object become an artefact? Is an artefact always an artefact? How do artefacts relate to human evolution? How do…
When we think about Victorian childhood, we probably conjure up images of ragged Dickensian street urchins, strict educations, and children seen and…
It is little surprise that geology initially evolved as a British science, for within a set of smallish islands the British Isles…