{"product_id":"the-iron-age-round-house-later-prehistoric-building-in-britain-and-beyond-9780199558575","title":"The Iron Age Round-House: Later Prehistoric Building in Britain and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Derek William Harding\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn contrast to Continental Europe, where the Iron Age is abundantly represented by funerary remains as well as by hill-forts and major centers, the British Iron Age is mainly represented by its settlement sites, and especially by houses of circular ground-plan, in marked contrast to the Central and Northern European tradition of rectangular houses. In lowland Britain the evidence for timber round-houses comprises the footprint of post-holes or foundation trenches; in the Atlantic north and west, the remains of monumental stone-built houses survive as upstanding ruins, testimony to the building skills of Iron Age engineers and masons. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eD. W. Harding's fully illustrated study explores not just the architectural aspects of round-houses, but more importantly their role in the social, economic and ritual structure of their communities, and their significance as symbols of Iron Age society in the face of Romanization.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47891535003799,"sku":"9780199558575","price":16791.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780199558575.webp?v=1781184029","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-iron-age-round-house-later-prehistoric-building-in-britain-and-beyond-9780199558575","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}