Iron Age Hillforts in Britain and Beyond

• Examines all aspects of hillforts, their enclosure works, interior occupation, external activities, and role in Iron Age society
• Covers the 'long Iron Age', from the later Bronze Age through to the pre-Roman Iron Age and post-Roman, early Medieval period
• Comprehensively illustrated throughout, including 16 colour plates

Readership: This volume will be of interest to students and scholars of prehistory and archaeology, as well as those of heritage and environmental studies.

Dennis Harding, Abercromby Professor Emeritus of Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Edinburgh

Dennis Harding was Abercromby Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh from 1977-2007. He has directed excavations of Iron Age sites from Wessex to the Western Isles.

Preface
List of Illustrations
1: Defining Issues
2: History of Hillfort Studies
3: Anatomy of Hillfort Enclosure
4: Inside and Outside of Hillforts
5: Hillforts in the Landscape
6: Chronology
7: Function 1: Defence
8: Function 2: Social, Economic, Ritual
9: Documentary Sources
10: Ethnographic Models
11: Conclusion: A Sense of Place
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index