Stuart Piggott

ForewordOne single invention of outstanding importance to all human societies was the wheeled vehicle which first appeared at the end of the fourth millennium bc. In this book I have attempted a study of the relevant archaeological evidence, considered in terms of the adoption and adaptation of...

Preface A FULL-LENGTH book Oil the Druids, involving as it would detailed studies in many disciplines, including those of prehistory, classical literature and the history of ideas, could hardly be written by one scholar. It was thought however that a short synoptic treatment of the varied...

Preface This book is, in its present form, based on the Rhind Lectures in Archaeology given at the invitation of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in November 1962; behind these again lies my teaching of later European prehistory to Honours Students in Archaeology in the University of...