The Iron Age in Northern Britain : Britons and Romans, Natives and Settlers

The Iron Age in Northern Britain examines the impact of Roman expansion and its social and economic effects on local populations on both sides of the border. Harding provides a comprehensive picture of the emergence of historically-recorded communities in the post-Roman period and confirms the importance of northern Britain to the wider European and Atlantic Iron Age. This second edition is fully updated to assess new discoveries and advanced techniques, including DNA analysis, as well as covering key theoretical issues such as social reconstruction, gender, and identity.

The Iron Age in Northern Britain examines the archaeological evidence for earlier Iron Age communities from the southern Pennines to the Northern and Western Isles and the impact of Roman expansion on local populations, through to the emergence of historically-recorded communities in the post-Roman period.  The text has been comprehensively revised and expanded to include new discoveries and to take account of advanced techniques, with many new and updated illustrations.   The volume presents a comprehensive picture of the ‘long Iron Age’, allowing readers to appreciate how perceptions of Iron Age societies have changed significantly in recent years. New material in this second edition also addresses the key issues of social reconstruction, gender, and identity, as well as assessing the impact of developer-funded archaeology on the discipline. Drawing on recent excavation and research and interpreting evidence from key studies across Scotland and northern England, The Iron Age in Northern Britain continues to be an accessible and authoritative study of later prehistory in the region.