AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS OF GLAMORGAN. Volume I: Pre~Norman / Part I ~ The Stone And Bronze Ages ~AND~ Volume I: Pre~Norman / Part II ~ The Iron Age And The Roman Occupation. TWO VOLUME SET.

The Royal Commission On Ancient And Historical Monuments In Wales

Published by Cardiff Wales. 1976. Her Majesty's Stationery Office

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green & gilt decorative cloth hardcover 4tos ~ 4ºs (quartos ~9"X11"). large heavy set of two ("coffee table" books), international or priority shipping will cost extra. dustwrappers in protective plastic book jacket covers. fine cond. bindings square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrappers in fine cond. some minor soiling, rubbing, not torn or price clipped. nice clean set of two. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing FPu1976 & NAP). as follows: Volume 1 ~ endpaper maps. glossy b&w frontis. 2 color title pg. xxx+1344p.+ 10 pages of glossy b&w plates. names of places in glamorgan. glossary. index of grid references. general index. 36 maps, plans & figures of which 6 foldout. / Volume 2 ~ xxx+135p.+ 15 pages of glossy b&w plates. . names of places in glamorgan. glossary. index of grid references. general index. 61 maps, plans & figures of which 8 foldout, including one in color. / archaeology. ancient history. history of wales. british isles. roman empire. prehistory. art history. ~ The first volume of the series in preparation for the former County of Glamorgan deals with sites and monuments up to the Norman Conquest. It is published in three parts, in a chronological succession made possible by departure from the presentation by parishes that was adopted in earlier Inventories. The first part covers the Stone and Bronze Ages of the whole county, Evidence of use of the limestone caves includes not only the notorious "Red Lady" palaeolithic burial at Paviland but extends down to the early medieval period. Among the megalithic tombs Parc Cwm and Tinkinswood are key sites in the interpretation of the Severn~Cotswold type. Finally the numerous burial and ritual sites of the Bronze Age, though often unspectacular individually, prove interesting in analysis of their form and location. Part 2 covers the defended and open settlements of the pre~Roman Iron Age, and the military and civil sites of the Roman occupation. A general historical treatment of the Iron Age is followed by detailed analysis of the defensive enclosures by form, situation and individual development. Undefended settlements are few and poor by comparison. Roman military history is particularly well exemplified by the marching camps of early campaigns, by successive refortification of auxiliary forts, and by a good road system. Finally the civil settlement of the county is characterised by well documented excavations of villas at Llantwit Major, Whitton and Ely. isbns 0117005886 (part 1) 0117005894 (part 2) SET OF TWO VOLUMES. Seller Inventory # 11182001

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Title: AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS OF ...

Publisher: Cardiff Wales. 1976. Her Majesty's Stationery Office

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition