Background to Archaeology: Britain in its European Setting.by Collins New<|

Background to ArchaeologyBritain in its European Setting\nAuthor(s): Desmond Collins, Ruth Whitehouse, Martin Henig, David Whitehouse\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521098083, 978-0521098083\nSynopsis\nA concise, clearly written introduction to the early past of Britain and Europe from the beginnings up to the twelfth century AD, which presents archaeological research in a readily understandable form. Written, and originally published in 1973, for readers with no specialist knowledge or the subject, a major virtue of this book is the way in which it brings into focus all the separate strands of evidence to present a coherent narrative development. The account starts with a brief survey of human evolution and a consideration of the evidence of tool-making in the Old Stone Age. It goes on to describe the origins and spread of farming and the subsequent development of metallurgy and full urban .