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Richard Bradley.
The Social Foundations of Prehistoric Britain: Themes and Variations in the Archaeology of Power.

Published Harlow: Longman, 1987 reissue (previously published in paperback 1984).
Series: Longman Archaeology.
ISBN 0582491630;
ISBN-13: 9780582491632.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Bath Press, Avon.
Size: 162×240×15mm.
Page count: xii, 195pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy has some mild scuffs on its dustjacket, a bit of wear on the edges and corners, generally a bit yellowed with age; some foxing on the page edges; looks in reasonable order internally, text appears to be free of marking.


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Weight without packaging: 461g.

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Emphasis entirely pre-medieval. Contents: Oaths of service- possibility of a social archaeology; Ancestors & their descendants (3500-2500 BC); Role of complex artefacts (2700-2000 BC); Monuments & graves (2000-1300 BC); Consumption of fine metalwork (1300-700 BC); Scale of the social system (700 BC — 43 AD); Reasoning with the irrational — summary & conclusions.

Illustrations: 6 monochrome text figures
Maps & plans: 18

Notes: no
Tables: 17
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 21pp
Index: yes


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