Sweet Track to Glastonbury

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Winner of the Archaeological Book of the Year Award
SWEET TRACK TO GLASTONBURY The Somerset Levels in Prehistory Bryony and John Coles. With 146 illustrations, 16 in colour
The Somerset Levels are one of Britain's best-known areas of wetland, where the extraordinary preservative qualities of the peat have embalmed ancient trackways and lost villages for thousands of years. Excavating in the Levels for the past two decades, Bryony and John Coles have unearthed the world's 'oldest road', the Neolithic Sweet Track. Their researches in the famous Iron Age settlements of Glastonbury and Meare have given us the clearest picture so far available of late prehistoric British life, its housebuilding, crafts and industries. Here is a full account of their work, perhaps the most detailed study ever attempted of ancient man's impact upon the landscape. Bryony Coles is Lecturer in Prehistory at the University of Exeter. John Coles was Professor of European Prehistory at the University of... Tovább

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Winner of the Archaeological Book of the Year Award
SWEET TRACK TO GLASTONBURY The Somerset Levels in Prehistory Bryony and John Coles. With 146 illustrations, 16 in colour
The Somerset Levels are one of Britain's best-known areas of wetland, where the extraordinary preservative qualities of the peat have embalmed ancient trackways and lost villages for thousands of years. Excavating in the Levels for the past two decades, Bryony and John Coles have unearthed the world's 'oldest road', the Neolithic Sweet Track. Their researches in the famous Iron Age settlements of Glastonbury and Meare have given us the clearest picture so far available of late prehistoric British life, its housebuilding, crafts and industries. Here is a full account of their work, perhaps the most detailed study ever attempted of ancient man's impact upon the landscape. Bryony Coles is Lecturer in Prehistory at the University of Exeter. John Coles was Professor of European Prehistory at the University of Cambridge until his retirement in 1986. 'A sparkling synthesis . . .If anyone wants to see what modern archaeology can achieve, this is a good place to start'-Times Literary Supplement. 'A model archaeological monograph . . . eminently readable for layman and professional alike' - Glyn Daniel, Financial Times. 'Clearly and attractively written and beautifully illustrated . . . crammed with fascinating information and detail. . . the authors deserve the highest praise' - New Scientist
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