Barry W. Cunliffe

Professor of European Archaeology Barry Cunliffe

Distinguished archaeologist Cunliffe views Europe not in terms of states and shifting political land boundaries but as a geographical niche particularly favored in facing many seas, in this history that presents an engaging new understanding of Old Europe.

Themes and Variations : 9000 BC to AD 1000

Europe Between the Oceans

An illustrated history of the peoples of "the Atlantic rim" explores the inter-relatedness of European cultures that stretched from Iceland to Gibralter.

The Atlantic and Its Peoples, 8000 BC-AD 1500

Facing the Ocean

Barry Cunliffe

Robin Osborne

University Lecturer in Ancient History and Fellow and Tutor Robin Osborne

Urban life as we know it in the Mediterranean began in the early Iron Age: settlements of great size and internal diversity appear in the archaeological record. This collection of essays offers for the first time a systematic discussion of the beginnings of urbanization across the Mediterranean, from Cyprus through Greece and Italy to France and Spain. Leading scholars in the field look critically at what is meant by urbanization, and analyse the social processes that lead to the development of social complexity and the growth of towns. The introduction to the volume focuses on the history of the archaeology of urbanization and argues that proper understanding of the phenomenon demands loose and flexible criteria for what is termed a 'town'. The following eight chapters examine the development of individual settlements and patterns of urban settlement in Cyprus, Greece, Etruria, Latium, southern Italy, Sardinia, southern France and Spain. These chapters not only provide a general review of current knowledge of urban settlements of this period, but also raise significant issues of urbanization and the economy, urbanization and political organization, and of the degree of regionalism and diversity to be found within individual towns. The three analytical chapters which conclude this collection look more broadly at the town as a cultural phenomenon that has to be related to wider cultural trends, as an economic phenomenon that has to be related to changes in the Mediterranean economy and as a dynamic phenomenon, not merely a point on the map. Wide ranging in its geographical coverage, this volume will be essential reading for scholars and students of archaeology, settlement studies, the archaic period and geographers interested in the history of urban forms.

Mediterranean Urbanization 800-600 BC

Brading Roman Villa is a fine example of a maritime courtyard villa with in situ mosaics of the third and fourth centuries which rank amongst the best of their kind in northern Europe. This highly illustrated volume presents the results of excavations led by Barry Cunliffe between 2008-2010.

Professor of European Archaeology Barry Cunliffe

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