On the Ocean: The Mediterranean and the Atlantic from prehistory to AD 1500
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (554 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0198757891 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 624 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Who else could have told this epic 10,000-year-old tale? Written in his usual clear, authoritative, elegant style not a word is wasted. "Cunliffe is a master storyteller, explaining his carefully researched conclusions through polished language and apropos turns of phrase that make his book a breeze despite its depth and breadth." -- Publishers Weekly "This magnificent study should inspire many more journeys of discovery." -- Andy French, The Oxford Times "Sir Barry Cunliffe is our greatest living archaeologist - and writer on the subject. What a pleasure it is to read ancient history written in English as she should be spoken." -- Lindsay Fulcher, Minerva
For humans the sea is, and always has been, an alien environment. It has often been perceived to be an alien power teasing and cajoling. We begin with the Middle Palaeolithic hunter gatherers in the eastern Mediterranean building simple vessels to make their remarkable crossing to Crete and we end in the early years of the sixteenth century with sailors from Spain, Portugal and England establishing the limits of the ocean from Labrador to Patagonia. Ever moving and ever changing in mood, it is a place without time, in contrast to the land which is fixed and scarred by human activity giving it a vis
His many publications include The Ancient Celts (1997), Facing the Ocean (2001), The Druids: A Very Short Introduction (2010), Britain Begins (2012), and By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean (2015), all published by Oxford University Press. He has excavated widely in Britain (Fishbourne, Bath, Danebury, Hengistbury Head, Brading) and in the Channel Islands, Brittany, and Spain, and has been Preside