Author: Barnatt, John and John Collis:
Title: Barrows in the Peak District. Recent research.
Description: J R Collis Publications, 1996 Oversized hard cover, glossy pictorial bds faded at top of upper bd otherwise VG, no dust jacket, contents fine and tight, with maps, diagrams, tables, b/w plates, pp283. "The work of early antiquaries, especially Thomas Bateman, has made the Peak District one of the key areas, along with Wessex and the Yorkshire Wolds, for our understanding of the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age periods in Britain. this volume brings together much of this early evidence, both to provide a modern overview and interpretation of the data, and to make the evidence more accessible, with a major corpus of the barrows and their contents. In addition two recent excavation of Bronze Age sites are presented, Liffs Low and Hognaston.

Keywords: barrows Peak District research Thomas Bateman Neolithic Early Bronze Age Britain evidence data corpus contents excavations Liffs Low hognaston monuments cairns burial finds cists chambers corpus 0906090504


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