Shire Archaeology Series

The book covers English ceramics during the period from 1650 to 1800, a time during which new types of pottery were being developed and porcelain was being made in Britain for the first time. Wares covered range from simple, everyday earthenwares to the products of Staffordshire and the porcelain factories. The book combines the art-historical or collector's approach with archaeologically excavated material. Methods of production and decoration are explained, and contemporary imports discussed.

Explains burial conditions and preservation, the dating, treatment, and identification of bones, measuring and recording, pathology, cremations, and some interesting cases.

Metalwork and manuscripts of 5th to 12th century from sources in Late Roman and La Tène art through the golden age of Late Celtic art to the Viking period and beyond to 11th/12th century. Techniques available to the craftsmen are also considered.

Describes the development of farming in prehistoric Britain, from wildscape to fully developed Iron Age agriculture and stock rearing. Results from Butser Ancient Farm Project are incorporated as well as archaeological evidence.

'Substantially rewritten and with completely new figures'.

Sets out the basic information on brochs and examines their economy and some of the theories that have been proposed for their origin and development. Some important brochs are described in greater detail and the separate areas of Orkney and Caithness, and Skye and the Western Isles, are examined. Sites to visit are listed.