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Lloyd Laing

Autor(a) de Celtic Britain

27+ Works 1,038 Membros 6 Reviews

About the Author

Lloyd Laing is a senior lecturer in archaeology at the University of Nottingham Jenny Laing is a full-time writer, with interests in archaeological fieldwork and landscape studies

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Obras de Lloyd Laing

Celtic Britain (1979) 150 cópias
Art of the Celts (1992) 147 cópias
The Picts and the Scots (1993) 137 cópias
The Origins of Britain (1980) 131 cópias
Anglo-Saxon England (1979) 123 cópias

Associated Works

Cornish Archaeology 7 — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)

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Conhecimento Comum

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A bit out dated now, science has moved on and there have been more finds since it was written in the 70s, but still a good catalogue of finds and sites
 
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dylkit | 1 outra resenha | Jul 16, 2022 |
The history of Anglo Saxon England.
 
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ShelleyAlberta | Jun 4, 2016 |
At 420 pages, copiously illustrated with line drawings and black and white photographs, this is good value for money ($50 for the paperback edition on Amazon). No color plates, but you can't have everything. This is essentially a university-level textbook, not a mass-market coffee table book. The material is clearly written and extremely well-organized, and the author has, as he says in the preface, "endeavoured to remove as much jargon as is feasible." The book includes three appendices, abundant footnotes, suggestions for further reading, and an impressive bibliography.

After an introduction and a general survey of the Celtic world, the author gets down to details. The next eight chapters cover settlements, farming, everyday objects and equipment, industry and technology, trade and communications, clothes and jewelry, art and ornament, and the church. This is followed by area-specific chapters on south-western Britain, Wales, Ireland and the Isle of Man, Southern Scotland and northern England, and Northern Scotland. To cover all this ground in the space available (the appendices start at page 335) means that no discussion can be in any great depth, but Laing still manages to cram in an impressive amount of detail, and the abundant citations allow the interested reader to follow up on any particular point. No space is wasted on philosophical arm-waving; this is an "only the facts" treatment.
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gwernin | 1 outra resenha | Mar 7, 2008 |
Decent. Pretty dry.
½
 
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nevusmom | 1 outra resenha | Jun 18, 2007 |

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27
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1,038
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52
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