{"product_id":"the-agrarian-history-of-england-and-wales-volume-1-prehistory-to-ad-1042-paperback-9781107401143","title":"The Agrarian History of England and Wales: Volume 1, Prehistory to AD 1042 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107401143","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Agrarian History of England and Wales: Volume 1, Prehistory to AD 1042\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume surveys the evolution of the man-made landscape in Britain over the period of some three millennia before the Roman conquest.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStuart Piggott (Edited by), Joan Thirsk (General editor)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107401143, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 28 April 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1080 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 5.4 cm, 1.4 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe agrarian history of Britain begins not with the earliest written documents but with the archaeological evidence marking the advent of the first agriculturalists from the European continent before 3000BC. The foundations of the farming community, which was encountered by the Romans and the subsequent Germanic settlers, were laid by stone-using peoples growing cereal crops and domesticating animals, and the later development of metal technologies enabled these peasant communities to intensify their exploitation of the natural environment. This volume was originally published in two parts, the first edited by Stuart Piggott and the second by H. P. R. Finberg. Part II was actually published in 1972, with the first following in 1981. The volume surveys, for the whole of Britain, this evolution of the man-made landscape over the period of some three millennia before the Roman conquest, utilising in particular the surviving evidence in the British countryside, unique in Europe, for the agrarian pattern of prehistoric settlement.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Prehistory Stuart Piggott: Preface by the general editor\u003cbr\u003e Tables\u003cbr\u003e Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Section 1. Early Prehistory Stuart Piggott: 1. Plants, animals and man in Britain\u003cbr\u003e 2. The first agrarian societies in Britain from 4000BC\u003cbr\u003e Section 2. Later Prehistory P. J. Fowler: 1. Later prehistoric Britain\u003cbr\u003e 2. Agrarian techniques and technology\u003cbr\u003e 3. The achievement of later prehistoric farming in Britain\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Site index and bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Section 3. Livestock M. L. Ryder: 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Husbandry in successive archaeological periods\u003cbr\u003e 3. Individual livestock species\u003cbr\u003e Part II. AD 43–1042 H. P. R. Finberg: Section 4. Roman Britain S. Applebaum: Foreword\u003cbr\u003e 1. The climate\u003cbr\u003e 2. The pre-Roman heritage\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Roman Britons and their agrarian society\u003cbr\u003e 4. The choice of site\u003cbr\u003e 5. Tools\u003cbr\u003e 6. Ploughs and fields\u003cbr\u003e 7. Crops and plants\u003cbr\u003e 8. Houses\u003cbr\u003e 9. Byres and stables\u003cbr\u003e 10. Farms and their uses\u003cbr\u003e 11. The branches of the economy\u003cbr\u003e 12. The pattern of agrarian change\u003cbr\u003e 13. Continuity?\u003cbr\u003e Biographical list of sites\u003cbr\u003e Section 5. Post-Roman Wales Glanville R. J. Jones: 1. The paucity of contemporary evidence\u003cbr\u003e 2. The archaeological evidence\u003cbr\u003e 3. The evidence of lawbooks\u003cbr\u003e 4. The marginal entries in the Book of St Chad\u003cbr\u003e 5. Tir gwelyog (hereditary land)\u003cbr\u003e 6. Tir cyfrif (reckoned land)\u003cbr\u003e 7. Tir corddlan (nucleal land)\u003cbr\u003e 8. The overall pattern of land use\u003cbr\u003e 9. The integration of upland and lowland for defence\u003cbr\u003e 10. Early ploughing and the layout of the 'acre'\u003cbr\u003e Section 6. Anglo-Saxon England to 1042 H. P. R. Finberg: 1. Revolution or evolution?\u003cbr\u003e 2. The agrarian landscape in the seventh and eighth centuries\u003cbr\u003e 3. English society in the seventh century\u003cbr\u003e 4. King Alfred's England\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Scandinavian impact\u003cbr\u003e 6. The later agrarian landscape\u003cbr\u003e 7. The social structure in the Late Old English Period\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45908981940504,"sku":"9781107401143","price":90.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107401143i_0f679e6a-154d-4607-8b44-e6fac813591d.jpg?v=1694484799","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-agrarian-history-of-england-and-wales-volume-1-prehistory-to-ad-1042-paperback-9781107401143","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}