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Author: Mark Gillings ,
Joshua Pollard ,
Rick Peterson ,
David Wheatley
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Dimensions:
Width: 21.50cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 27.90cm
Weight: 1.429kg
ISBN: 9781842179710
ISBN 10: 1842179713
Pages: 402
Publication Date: 01 March 2010
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This substantial, ambitious monograph will be judged both in the context of a number of major new British reports...and as a study of Avebury... It succeeds wonderfully on both counts.' -- Mike Pitts British Archaeology, Nov/Dec 2008 A report that strikes an excellent balance between detailed description, discussion and interpretation.' -- Madeleine Hummler Antiquity, Vol. 82, 2008 An important contribution to the recently burgeoning literature on the ceremonial landscapes of Avebury.' -- Andrew Fleming Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 19.2, 2009 This monograph adds greatly to our understanding of the Avebury landscape and its archaeology and will be the standard text for the foreseeable future.' -- Bob Clarke The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine 102, 2009 This is a valuable addition to the literature on the World Heritage Site of Avebury and the authors should be congratulated on their prompt and thorough approach.' -- Niall Sharples Landscape History, 30.2, 2009
This substantial, ambitious monograph will be judged both in the context of a number of major new British reports...and as a study of Avebury... It succeeds wonderfully on both counts.' -- Mike Pitts British Archaeology Nov/Dec 2008 A report that strikes an excellent balance between detailed description, discussion and interpretation.' -- Madeleine Hummler Antiquity vol. 82 2008 An important contribution to the recently burgeoning literature on the ceremonial landscapes of Avebury.' -- Andrew Fleming Cambridge Archaeological Journal 19.2 2009 This monograph adds greatly to our understanding of the Avebury landscape and its archaeology and will be the standard text for the foreseeable future.' -- Bob Clarke The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine 102 2009 This is a valuable addition to the literature on the World Heritage Site of Avebury and the authors should be congratulated on their prompt and thorough approach.' -- Niall Sharples Landscape History 30.2 2009
Author Information
Joshua Pollard is a Professor of Archaeology at the University of Southampton. He has wide-ranging research interests in the Neolithic period and has directed and co-directed major fieldwork projects in the Avebury and Stonehenge landscapes.
