My culture right or left
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Websites
Council for British Archaeology
www.britarch.ac.uk
The CBA – of which Francis Pryor is president – is 'the
principal UK-wide non-governmental organisation that promotes knowledge,
appreciation and care of the historic environment for the benefit of present
and future generations'. The website has masses of information on all
aspects of archaeology in Britain.
Britain BC – Francis Pryor’s top-rated UK Bronze
Age sites
www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/
trlout_gfx_en/TRA15264.html
A combination of Dr Pryor’s
own personal favourites and an interview with this renowned archaeologist.
Simon James's Ancient Celts Page
www.le.ac.uk/ar/stj/celtindex.html
Website by the author of The Atlantic Celts (see below).
Books
My Country Right or Left: 1940-1943 – Collected essays, journalism
and letters by George Orwell, edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus
(Nonpareil Books, 2000). US edition only; available from online bookshops.
Covers the years when Orwell worked as a talks assistant (and later producer)
in the Indian section of the BBC. Includes his journalism for Horizon,
Tribune, New Statesman and other periodicals and his wartime diaries.
Seahenge: A quest for life and death in Bronze Age Britain by
Francis Pryor (HarperCollins, 2002) £8.99
An investigation into the lives of our prehistoric ancestors, focusing
on the revolution in Bronze-Age archaeology that has been taking place
since the 1980s.
Farmers in Prehistoric Britain by Francis Pryor (Tempus, 1999)
£18.99
The archaeologist-farmer looks at how his ancient predecessors did it.
Hengeworld: Why was Stonehenge built? by Mike Pitts (Arrow, 2001)
£8.99
A thorough and accurate picture of the present archaeological knowledge
of Neolithic ritual monuments, especially Stonehenge.
The Atlantic Celts: Ancient people or modern invention? by Simon
James (British Museum Press, 1999) £6.99
The Celtic peoples of the British Isles hold a fundamental place in our
national history, but some archaeologists argue that the ancient Celts
of these islands never existed. This book examines ancient and modern
ideas about the Celts.
