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S. Graham Brade-Birks.
Teach Yourself Archaeology.
Published London: English Universities Press, 1953.
Series: Teach Yourself Books.
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, perfect bound.
Printer: Richard Clay & Co., Bungay.
Size: 112×179×16mm.
Page count: 220pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the dustjacket on this copy is missing; boards faded at edges and spine; previous owner’s name & address opposite half-title page, but the main text appears to be free of marking.

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Weight without packaging: 233g.

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Contents: Introductory remarks; Further matters of general interest; Man & flint — origin of human race; Man in Old Stone Age; Soil-mantle of the Earth as it appears to the archaeologist; Geological matters; Man as implement-maker in Mesolithic & Neolithic; Bronze first used for tools; Early Iron Age; Evidences of Roman rule in Britain; Getting mental picture of Roman centuries; Britain becomes England — heathen English settle; Period that lasted 600 years; Architecture — Romanesque & Gothic; Ecclesiastical architecture; Early domestic buildings (to 14th c.); Houses attain greater comfort (14th c. onwards); Written word — learning to read ancient records; Queer characters — mainly runes & ogham; Principles of heraldry; Place-names & surnames; Patchwork of the past — archaeology covers many subjects; A complex picture — taking a wide view.

Notes: no
Tables: 5
Illustrations: 121 monochrome text figures
Maps & plans: 1
Genealogies: no
Chronology: 2
Glossary: a few terms given in the main index
Bibliography: a few references at the end of most chapters
Index: yes

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