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Ancient Celts,the by Barry Cunliffe
Category: History
For two and half thousand years the Celts have continued to fascinate all who have come into contact with them. This book presents an account of the tribes whose origins and identity provoke debate. It also explores the archaeological reality of the Iron Age inhabitants of barbarian Europe.
Bretons and Britons - The Fight for Identity by Barry Cunliffe
Category: History
What is it about Brittany that makes it such a favourite destination for the British? To answer this question, Bretons and Britons explores the long history of the Bretons, from the time of the first farmers around 5400 BC to the present, and the very close relationship they have had with their British ...Show more
Britain Begins by Barry Cunliffe
Category: History
The last Ice Age, which came to an end about 12,000 years ago, swept the bands of hunter gatherers from the face of the land that was to become Britain and Ireland, but as the ice sheets retreated and the climate improved so human groups spread slowly northwards, re-colonizing the land that had been lai ...Show more
By Steppe, Desert, & Ocean - The Birth of Eurasia by Barry Cunliffe
Category: History
By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean is nothing less than the story of how humans first started building the globalized world we know today. Set on a huge continental stage, from Europe to China, it is a tale covering over 10,000 years, from the origins of farming around 9000 BC to the expansion of the Mongols ...Show more
By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean: The Birth of Eurasia by Barry Cunliffe
Category: History
We live in a globalized world, but mobility is nothing new. Barry Cunliffe tells the story of how humans first started building the globalized world we know today. Set on a huge continental stage, from Europe to China, it covers over 10,000 years, from the origins of farming around 9000 BC to the expans ...Show more
Druids - A Very Short Introduction by Barry Cunliffe
Category: Mind, Body & Spirit
Who were the Druids? What do we know about them? Do they still exist today? The Druids first came into focus in Western Europe - Gaul, Britain, and Ireland - in the second century BC. They are a popular subject; they have been known and discussed for over 2,000 years and few figures flit so elusively th ...Show more
Europe Between the Oceans: 9000 BC-AD 1000 by Barry Cunliffe
Category: History
Europe is, in world terms, a relatively minor peninsula attached to the Eurasian land mass, yet it became one of the most innovative regions on the planet. This title sees Europe not in terms of states and shifting land boundaries, but as a geographical niche particularly favoured in facing many seas. ...Show more
Exploring Celtic Origins - New Ways Forward in Archaeology, Linguistics, and Genetics by Barry Cunliffe (Editor); John Koch (Editor)
Category: History
Exploring Celtic Origins is the fruit of collaborative work by researchers in archaeology, historical linguistics, and archaeogenetics over the past ten years. This team works towards the goal of a better understanding of the background in the Bronze Age and Beaker Period of the people who emerge as Cel ...Show more
Facing the Sea of Sand The Sahara and the Peoples of Northern Africa by Barry Cunliffe
Category: History
Northern Africa is dominated by the Sahara Desert, stretching across the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. This book is about the people who lived around the edges of the Desert and the different ways in which they responded to its challenges, establishing networks of communication acros ...Show more
Iron Age Communities in Britain: An Account of England, Scotland and Wales from the Seventh Century BC until the Roman Conquest by Barry Cunliffe
Category: History
This fully revised fourth edition maintains the qualities of the earlier editions whilst taking into account the significant developments that have moulded the discipline in recent years. Since its first publication in 1971, Barry Cunliffe's monumental survey has established itself as a classic of Briti ...Show more
On the Ocean: The Mediterranean and the Atlantic from prehistory to AD 1500 by Sir Barry Cunliffe (Emeritus Professor of European Archaeology, University of Oxford)
Category: History
For humans the sea is, and always has been, an alien environment. Ever moving and ever changing in mood, it is a place without time, in contrast to the land which is fixed and scarred by human activity giving it a visible history. While the land is familiar, even reassuring, the sea is unknown and threa ...Show more
The Ancient Celts by Barry Cunliffe
Category: History
Fierce warriors and skilled craftsmen, the Celts were famous throughout the Ancient Mediterranean World. They were the archetypal barbarians from the north and were feared by both Greeks and Romans. For two and a half thousand years they have continued to fascinate those who have come into contact with ...Show more