Product Description

Francis Pryor - regular contributor on Channel 4's "Time Team" and the man behind the "Britain BC" and "Britain AD" television series - maintains that early farming in Britain has been largely misunderstood, due to a loss of contact with the countryside and failure to understand prehistoric farming methods. To redress this problem, this book reconstructs the lives of prehistoric farmers, with the author using his experience as a professional farmer to provide details on crop cultivation and flock management. Pryor also shows how, in the millennium leading up to about 700 BC, areas of lowland England developed an intensive style of livestock rearing resulting in a range of fascinating bronze, iron and gold artifacts being produced.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #358706 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-01
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 159 pages

About the Author
Dr Francis Pryor has been excavating the Fens for 30 years and is best known for his discovery and excavation of the Bronze Age site at Flag Fen, near Peterborough. He is Director of the Fenland Archaeological Trust and author of Flag Fen: Life & Death of a Prehistoric Landscape.

Customer Reviews

Farmers in Prehistoric Britain
This book looks quite limited from the title but is actually a very good read. Francis is well known in the archaeology world and from his TV shows. In this book he explains, and I reiterate explains, the subject of farming in prehistory (before the Romans came) in a language that is very understandable as well as making a very good read indeed. The book is compelling, so much so that I had problems putting it down. Much archaeology has been written about and some of it is very high-brow and uses so much jargon that it is difficult to understand. No problems here. Plain English, clear thought and clear explanation. If only all archaeology books were like this!

Well done Francis.

Splendid
This is a splendid publication. All too often archaeological books such as this appear accessible but end up being too academic, not this one. Dr Pryor brings the whole subject of prehistoric farming to life. Especially sheep farming, a speciality of his. If you want to understand this period this tome is without doubt a good place to start.