Iron Age Hillforts in Britain and Beyond

by D.W. Harding and J. F Macdonald

Widely regarded as major visible field monuments of the Iron Age, hillforts are central to an understanding of later prehistoric communities in Britain and Europe from the later Bronze Age. With such a range of variants represented, no single explanation of their function or social significance could satisfy all possible interpretations of their role. While they are conventionally viewed as defence settlements or regional centres controlled by a social...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199695245
• ISBN13: 9780199695249
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"