The Making of Prehistoric Wiltshire

David Field · Dave McOmish

apr. 2017 · Amberley Publishing Limited

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Well known for its World Heritage Sites of Stonehenge and Avebury, the prehistoric monuments of Wiltshire have long provided a focus of attention for archaeologists and visitors alike. Today the Wiltshire sites are perceived as an important focal point in British prehistory. Yet there is much more to the prehistory of Wiltshire than Stonehenge, Avebury and Silbury Hill. The latter sites are of course all here, but so too are the widespread fields and enclosures of the Bronze Age that established a template across the countryside for later generations to follow, and the enormous hillforts of the Iron Age that stand sentinel-like overlooking the chalkland river valleys. Interesting sites abound, particularly on the wide expanses of uncultivated downland, and these provide a remarkable insight into past societies, economy and settlement. Prehistoric impact on the landscape was huge and the archaeology reveals the nature of development and changes across the countryside. This volume provides an up-to-date account of the prehistory of Wiltshire from the earliest evidence for human occupation to the influence on the Romano-British countryside. It outlines the effect of past climate change on the topography and how animals and people established the landscape that we know today. The story is one of exuberant but excessive monument building, of innovation potentially fuelled by competition to impress, and of the struggle to subsist. Proceeds from this book go to the Wiltshire Archaeological & Natural History Society.

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David Field has spent 30 years investigating the archaeological landscapes of Wiltshire and elsewhere in southern England, first for the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England and subsequently English Heritage where he is a Senior Archaeological Investigator.

David McOmish is a leading British pre-historian and has spent over twenty years working and writing on prehistoric monuments in Wiltshire. He is a Senior Archaeological Investigator with English Heritage.

Steve Speller has been a professional photographer since 1985, starting as a portrait photographer in London. He has had a lifelong passion for British prehistory. He is particularly interested in how ancient sites lie in the surrounding landscape and in 2007 he began a personal project photographing prehistoric sites across Britain.

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