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29%OFFSir Barry Cunliffe - On the Ocean: The Mediterranean and the Atlantic from prehistory to AD 1500 - 9780198757894 - V9780198757894
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On the Ocean: The Mediterranean and the Atlantic from prehistory to AD 1500

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Description for On the Ocean: The Mediterranean and the Atlantic from prehistory to AD 1500 Hardcover. .
For humans the sea is, and always has been, an alien environment. 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 visible history. While the land is familiar, even reassuring, the sea is unknown and threatening. By taking to the sea humans put themselves at its mercy. It has often been perceived to be an alien power teasing and cajoling. The sea may give but it takes. Why, then, did humans ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
640
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198757894
SKU
V9780198757894
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99-4

About Sir Barry Cunliffe
Barry Cunliffe taught archaeology in the Universities of Bristol and Southampton and was Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1972 to 2008, thereafter becoming Emeritus Professor. He has excavated widely in Britain (Fishbourne, Bath, Danebury, Hengistbury Head, Brading) and in the Channel Islands, Brittany, and Spain, and has been President of the Council for British Archaeology ... Read more

Reviews for On the Ocean: The Mediterranean and the Atlantic from prehistory to AD 1500
[An] impressive new book ... On the Ocean was conceived as a synthesis aimed at a broad audience, and for that purpose it is well-suited, being easy to read and unemcumbered by in-text references.
Letty Ten Harkel, Medieval Settlement Research
Cunliffe's On the Ocean is a beautifully illustrated and well-designed book.
Brian Ayres, Medieval Archaeology
Cunliffe ... Read more

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